eben

== English == === Adjective === eben (comparative more eben, superlative most eben) Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American English. === Adverb === eben (comparative more eben, superlative most eben) Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American English. === Anagrams === Bene, NEbE, been, bene, neeb == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ebenus. Doublet of banús. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈe.βən] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈe.bən] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ben] === Noun === eben m (plural ébens) ebony (tree, wood, color) Synonym: banús ==== Derived terms ==== ebenista === Further reading === “eben”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “eben”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “eben” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “eben” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Etymology === From Latin ebenus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛbɛn] Hyphenation: e‧ben === Noun === eben m inan ebony (tree, wood, color) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “eben”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “eben”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “eben”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz “eben”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == German == === Etymology === The adjective is from Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban, the adverb from ebano; from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz and its adverb equivalent. Cognate with Low German even, Dutch even, effen, English even, Danish jævn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːbən/, [ˈeːbən], [ˈeːbm̩] (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈeːbənt/, [ˈeː(b)m̩t] Rhymes: -eːbən === Adjective === eben (strong nominative masculine singular ebener or ebner, comparative ebener or ebner, superlative am ebensten) flat, smooth, even (of a surface) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ebenerdig ==== Related terms ==== Ebene ebnen ebenbürtig neben === Adverb === eben (modal particle) just, simply, indicating that something is generally known or cannot be changed, and is therefore to be accepted; often equivalent to a shrug Synonym: halt (modal particle) just, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication Synonym: kurz just; a moment ago (rare) even (literary, with a demonstrative determiner or pronoun) exactly, very Synonym: genau ==== Alternative forms ==== ebent (dialectal) ==== Derived terms ==== === Interjection === eben exactly; used to express agreement with an argument while not having needed convincing ==== Alternative forms ==== ebent (dialectal) === Further reading === “eben (flach, glatt)” in Duden online “eben (genau, gerade)” in Duden online “eben (soeben, vorhin, schnell)” in Duden online “eben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hungarian == === Etymology === eb (“dog”) +‎ -en (“on”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛbɛn] Hyphenation: eben === Noun === eben superessive singular of eb == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ébène, from Latin ebenus. === Noun === eben n (uncountable) ebony ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Alternative forms === heban (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin ebenum, from ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeben] Hyphenation: e‧ben === Noun === eben m inan (relational adjective ebenový) ebony (tree, wood, color) Synonym: čerň ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “eben”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 Králik, Ľubor (2016), “eben”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 142 == Turkish == === Noun === eben second-person singular possessive of ebe