een

E1E1N1
/iːn/

adverb

even.

CommonScrabble 3

Meanings

een1

noun
  1. Northern EnglandScotlandarchaicpluralplural of eye

    And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21
    1 more example

    But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.

    1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

een2

adverbeen (not comparable)
  1. Northern Englanddialectalnot comparableeven.

een3

nouneen (plural eens)

plural eens

  1. Scotlanddialectalpoeticevening.

    Synonyms: eve, eventide, forenight

Synonyms & antonyms

nounevening.

Origin

een · adverb

From a contraction of even.

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een · noun

From even (“evening”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

een. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/een

MLA

“een.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/een. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “een,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/een.

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