Standard Lemma guide

each

adv · det · noun · pron · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /iːt͡ʃ/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ɪjt͡ʃ/
  • US: /it͡ʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: IY1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

For one; apiece; per.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The apples cost 50 cents each.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one.
  • You are each right in a different way.
  • There are three of us and we have five dollars each, so that means we've got 15 dollars.
  • The apartments each boast central heating.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

det

Meaning 3

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Make sure you wash each bowl well.
  • The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: operations

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

pron

Meaning 5

Every one/thing individually or one by one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
  • From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adverb

Meaning 6

to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they received $10 each

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

Across languages

Translations

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: յուրաքանչյուր (yurakʻančʻyur) — apiece
  • Central Bikol: lambang — apiece
  • Danish: hver — apiece
  • Estonian: kõik — apiece
  • Finnish: kappale — apiece
  • French: chacun — apiece
  • German: jeweils — apiece
  • Hungarian: egyenként — apiece
  • Hungarian: darabonként — apiece
  • Lao: ແຕ່ລະ (tǣ la) — apiece
  • Marathi: प्रत्येकी (pratyekī) — apiece
  • Norwegian Bokmål: per stykk — apiece
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: per stykk — apiece
  • Polish: każde — apiece
  • Portuguese: cada — apiece
  • Romanian: pe — apiece
  • Scottish Gaelic: an urra — apiece
  • Serbo-Croatian: svaki — apiece
  • Spanish: cada uno — apiece
  • Spanish: cada una — apiece
  • Spanish: sendos — apiece
  • Swedish: styck — apiece
  • Swedish: var — apiece
  • Swedish: vardera — apiece
  • Tibetan: རེ་རེ — apiece
  • Welsh: yr un — apiece
  • Finnish: kukin — individually
  • Finnish: jokainen — individually
  • Indonesian: masing-masing — individually
  • Spanish: cada uno — individually
  • Spanish: sendos — individually
  • Tibetan: རེ་རེ — individually
  • Afrikaans: elke — every
  • Albanian: çdo — every
  • Arabic: كُلّ (kull) — every
  • Arabic: كل — every
  • Armenian: ամեն (amen) — every
  • Armenian: յուրաքանչյուր (yurakʻančʻyur) — every
  • Azerbaijani: hər — every
  • Azerbaijani: hərə — every
  • Bashkir: һәр (hər) — every
  • Belarusian: ко́жны (kóžny) — every
  • Bengali: হর (hor) — every
  • Bengali: কুল (kul) — every
  • Bengali: তামাম (tamam) — every
  • Central Bikol: lambang — every
  • Bulgarian: все́ки (vséki) — every
  • Catalan: cada — every
  • Catalan: cada un de — every
  • Catalan: cadascun de — every
  • Chinese Mandarin: 每 (měi) — every
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各 (gè) — every
  • Chinese Mandarin: 每隔 (měigé) — every
  • Czech: každý — every
  • Danish: hver — every
  • Danish: alle — every
  • Dutch: elk — every
  • Dutch: ieder — every
  • Esperanto: ĉiu — every
  • Estonian: kõik — every
  • Finnish: jokainen — every
  • Finnish: kaikki — every
  • Finnish: kukin — every
  • French: chaque — every
  • Galician: cada — every
  • Georgian: ყოველი (q̇oveli) — every
  • Georgian: თითოეული (titoeuli) — every
  • German: alle — every
  • German: jeder — every
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaþaruh) — every
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ainƕaþaruh) — every
  • Greek: έκαστος (ékastos) — every
  • Greek: κάθε (káthe) — every
  • Greek: κάθε ένας (káthe énas) — every
  • Greek: καθένας (kathénas) — every
  • Ancient Greek: ἕκαστος (hékastos) — every
  • Haitian Creole: chak — every
  • Hebrew: כל (kol) — every
  • Hebrew: כל אחד (kol ekhád) — every
  • Hebrew: כל אחת (kol akhát) — every
  • Hebrew: איש (ish) — every
  • Hindi: प्रत्येक (pratyek) — every
  • Hindi: हर (har) — every
  • Hindi: एक-एक (ek-ek) — every
  • Hungarian: minden — every
  • Hungarian: mindegyik — every
  • Hungarian: minden egyes — every
  • Ido: singla — every
  • Indonesian: setiap — every
  • Interlingua: cata — every
  • Irish: gach — every
  • Irish: gach uile — every
  • Italian: ogni — every
  • Italian: ognuno — every
  • Italian: ciascuno — every
  • Japanese: それぞれの (sorezore no) — every
  • Khmer: នីមួយៗ (niimuəy-niimuəy) — every
  • Korean: 각각의 (gakgag-ui) — every
  • Central Kurdish: ھەریەک (heryek) — every
  • Northern Kurdish: her — every
  • Northern Kurdish: heryek — every
  • Northern Kurdish: hertişt — every
  • Ladino: kada — every
  • Lao: ທຸກ (thuk) — every
  • Lao: ແຕ່ລະ (tǣ la) — every
  • Latin: uterque — every
  • Latin: unusquisque — every
  • Latin: quisque — every
  • Latvian: katrs — every
  • Latvian: katra — every
  • Lezgi: гьар (har) — every
  • Lithuanian: kiekvienas — every
  • Lithuanian: kiekviena — every
  • Macedonian: секој (sekoj) — every
  • Malay: setiap — every
  • Malayalam: ഓരോ (ōrō) — every
  • Marathi: प्रत्येक (pratyek) — every
  • Middle English: ech — every
  • Norman: châque — every
  • Norwegian: alle — every
  • Norwegian: alt — every
  • Norwegian: enhver — every
  • Norwegian: hver enkelt — every
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hver — every
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar — every
  • Old English: ǣlċ — every
  • Pashto: هر يو (har yaw) — every
  • Pashto: هر (har) — every
  • Persian: هر یک — every
  • Persian: هر (har) — every
  • Polish: każdy — every
  • Portuguese: cada — every
  • Romanian: fiecare — every
  • Russian: ка́ждый (káždyj) — every
  • Scottish Gaelic: gach — every
  • Serbo-Croatian: сваки — every
  • Serbo-Croatian: svaki — every
  • Slovak: každý — every
  • Slovene: vsak — every
  • Lower Sorbian: kuždy — every
  • Spanish: cada — every
  • Spanish: cada uno — every
  • Spanish: sendos — every
  • Swahili: kila — every
  • Swedish: alla — every
  • Swedish: varje — every
  • Tamil: ஒவ்வொரு (ovvoru) — every
  • Telugu: ప్రతి (prati) — every
  • Thai: ทุก (túk) — every
  • Thai: แต่ละ (dtɛ̀ɛ-lá) — every
  • Tibetan: རེ (re) — every
  • Tibetan: རེ་རེ — every
  • Tocharian B: artsa — every
  • Tocharian B: po — every
  • Turkish: her — every
  • Turkish: her biri — every
  • Ukrainian: ко́жний (kóžnyj) — every
  • Urdu: ہر (har) — every
  • Vietnamese: hàng — every
  • Vietnamese: từng — every
  • Walloon: tchaeke — every
  • Welsh: pob — every
  • Yiddish: יעדער (yeder) — every
  • Yiddish: איטלעך (itlekh) — every
  • Zazaki: her (diq) — every
  • Zazaki: herg — every
  • Spanish: cada una — individually