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een¹

  • /iːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

noun

  1. Northern England, Scotland, archaic, plural plural of eye And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne

een²

  • /iːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From a contraction of even.

adverb

  1. Northern England, dialectal, not comparable even.

een³

  • /iːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From even (“evening”).

noun eens

  1. Scotland, dialectal, poetic evening.

    Similar: eve, eventide, forenight

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"een." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/een. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

een. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/een

Chicago

"een." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/een.

BibTeX
@misc{een_2026,
  title = {een},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/een},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}