even

Signification

Adj

1. Flat and level.
2. Without great variation.
3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
4. Divisible by two.
5. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
7. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
9. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
10. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Verb

1. To make flat and level.
2. (obsolete) To equal or equate; to make the same.
3. (obsolete) To be equal.
4. (obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
5. (obsolete) To set right; to complete.
6. (obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.

Adv

1. Exactly, just, fully.
2. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
3. Emphasizing a comparative.
4. Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

Noun

An even number.

Noun

Evening.

Coupé comme

e‧ven

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈiːvən/

Étymologie

From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”).
Cognate with West Frisian even (“even”), Low German even (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen, German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Icelandic jafn, jamn (“even, equal”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”).
The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne.
The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view.
For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”).

Phrases

She has always been very kind and friendly to everyone , even strangers .

Elle a toujours été très gentille et amicale avec tout le monde, même des étrangers.

However , the cat is very rare now even in the national park .

Cependant, le chat est très rare maintenant même dans le parc national.

They even demanded separate eating and toilet facilities .

Ils ont même exigé des installations de restauration et de toilettes séparées.

Having heard that , the boy became even more interested in alchemy .

Après avoir entendu cela, le garçon s'est encore plus intéressé par l'alchimie.

It didn't even occur to the boy to flee .

Il ne venait même pas à l'idée du garçon pour fuir.

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

En Grande-Bretagne, il fleurit moins abondamment et a même la réputation d'être tendre.