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Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈev.(ə.)ɹi/
rhymes with -ɛvɹi
CMU ARPABET:EH1 V ER0 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:EH1 V R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
det
Meaning 1
All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Every person in the room stood and cheered.
She watches my every move.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
det
Meaning 2
Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
The alarm is going off every few minutes.
Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.
Decimation originally meant the execution of every tenth soldier in a unit; that is, ten per cent of soldiers were killed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
det
Meaning 3
Denotes an abundance of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We wish you every happiness in the future.
He shows every sign of becoming an excellent player. I have every confidence in him.
There is every reason why we shouldn't.
The police will make every effort to trace the missing girl.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkw- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English every English every Inherited from Middle English every, everich, everych, from Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ. By surface analysis, ever + each or ever + which.
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
elke
— all of a countable group
Ahom:
𑜀𑜥
(kū)
— all of a countable group
Albanian:
cilido
— all of a countable group
Arabic:
كُلّ
(kull)
— all of a countable group
Armenian:
ամեն
(amen)
— all of a countable group
Asturian:
cada
— all of a countable group
Azerbaijani:
hər
— all of a countable group
Bashkir:
һәр
(hər)
— all of a countable group
Belarusian:
ко́жны
(kóžny)
— all of a countable group
Belarusian:
уся́кі
(usjáki)
— all of a countable group
Bengali:
প্রতি
(proti)
— all of a countable group
Bengali:
হর
(hor)
— all of a countable group
Bengali:
কুল
(kul)
— all of a countable group
Bengali:
তামাম
(tamam)
— all of a countable group
Bengali:
প্রত্যেক
(prottek)
— all of a countable group
Bulgarian:
все́ки
(vséki)
— all of a countable group
Burmese:
တိုင်း
(tuing:)
— all of a countable group
Catalan:
cada
— all of a countable group
Chechen:
дерриг
(derrig)
— all of a countable group
Chinese Cantonese:
每
(mui5)
— all of a countable group
Chinese:
逐
(zh-min-nan)
— all of a countable group
Chinese:
每
(zh-min-nan)
— all of a countable group
Chinese Mandarin:
每
(měi)
— all of a countable group
Chinese Mandarin:
各
(gè)
— all of a countable group
Mwali Comorian:
kila
— all of a countable group
Czech:
každý
— all of a countable group
Danish:
hver
— all of a countable group
Dutch:
elk
— all of a countable group
Dutch:
ieder
— all of a countable group
Esperanto:
ĉiu
— all of a countable group
Estonian:
kõik
— all of a countable group
Faroese:
hvør
— all of a countable group
Finnish:
jokainen
— all of a countable group
Finnish:
joka
— all of a countable group
Finnish:
välein
— all of a countable group
French:
tout
— all of a countable group
French:
chaque
— all of a countable group
Galician:
toda
— all of a countable group
Galician:
todo
— all of a countable group
Georgian:
ყველა
(q̇vela)
— all of a countable group
Georgian:
ყოველი
(q̇oveli)
— all of a countable group
German:
jeder
— all of a countable group
Greek:
κάθε
(káthe)
— all of a countable group
Ancient Greek:
ἕκαστος
(hékastos)
— all of a countable group
Haitian Creole:
tout
— all of a countable group
Haitian Creole:
chak
— all of a countable group
Hebrew:
כֹּל
(kol)
— all of a countable group
Hindi:
प्रत्येक
(pratyek)
— all of a countable group
Hindi:
हर
(har)
— all of a countable group
Hungarian:
minden
— all of a countable group
Icelandic:
sérhver
— all of a countable group
Icelandic:
hver
— all of a countable group
Ido:
omna
— all of a countable group
Indonesian:
setiap
— all of a countable group
Ingrian:
joka
— all of a countable group
Ingrian:
ikä
— all of a countable group
Ingush:
дерриг
(derrig)
— all of a countable group
Interlingua:
cata
— all of a countable group
Irish:
gach
— all of a countable group
Irish:
gach uile
— all of a countable group
Italian:
ogni
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
凡ゆる
(arayuru)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
全ての
(subete no)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
其々
(sorezore)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
各々
(onoono)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
...毎に
(...goto ni)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
毎
(mai-)
— all of a countable group
Japanese:
各
(kaku)
— all of a countable group
Kabuverdianu:
túdu
— all of a countable group
Kannada:
ಪ್ರತಿ
(prati)
— all of a countable group
Kazakh:
әр
(är)
— all of a countable group
Kazakh:
әрбір
(ärbır)
— all of a countable group
Kazakh:
әркім
(ärkım)
— all of a countable group
Khmer:
រាល់
(rŏəl)
— all of a countable group
Korean:
각
(gak)
— all of a countable group
Korean:
모든
(modeun)
— all of a countable group
Korean:
매(每)-
(mae-)
— all of a countable group
Korean:
-마다
(-mada)
— all of a countable group
Central Kurdish:
ھەمو
(hemu)
— all of a countable group
Kyrgyz:
ар
(ar)
— all of a countable group
Lao:
ທຸກ
(thuk)
— all of a countable group
Lao:
ທຸກໆ
(thuk thuk)
— all of a countable group
Latin:
quisque
— all of a countable group
Latin:
omnis
— all of a countable group
Latvian:
katrs
— all of a countable group
Lithuanian:
kiekvienas
— all of a countable group
Macedonian:
секој
(sekoj)
— all of a countable group
Malay:
setiap
— all of a countable group
Malay:
tiap-tiap
— all of a countable group
Malayalam:
ഓരോ
(ōrō)
— all of a countable group
Maltese:
kull
— all of a countable group
Marshallese:
wōtōm
— all of a countable group
Mongolian:
бүр
(bür)
— all of a countable group
Norwegian Bokmål:
hver
— all of a countable group
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvar
— all of a countable group
Old English:
ǣlċ
— all of a countable group
Pashto:
هر
(har)
— all of a countable group
Pennsylvania German:
jeder
— all of a countable group
Dari:
هَر
(har)
— all of a countable group
Iranian Persian:
هَر
(har)
— all of a countable group
Polish:
każdy
— all of a countable group
Polish:
wszelki
— all of a countable group
Polish:
wszelaki
— all of a countable group
Portuguese:
cada
— all of a countable group
Portuguese:
todo
— all of a countable group
Portuguese:
toda
— all of a countable group
Quechua:
tukuy
— all of a countable group
Romani:
sako
— all of a countable group
Romani:
saki
— all of a countable group
Romani:
sake
— all of a countable group
Romanian:
fiecare
— all of a countable group
Russian:
ка́ждый
(káždyj)
— all of a countable group
Russian:
вся́кий
(vsjákij)
— all of a countable group
Sanskrit:
सर्व
(sárva)
— all of a countable group
Sanskrit:
विश्व
(viśva)
— all of a countable group
Scots:
ivery
— all of a countable group
Scottish Gaelic:
a h-uile
— all of a countable group
Serbo-Croatian:
сва̏кӣ
— all of a countable group
Serbo-Croatian:
svȁkī
— all of a countable group
Sikkimese:
ཀུན
(kun)
— all of a countable group
Sinhalese:
හැම
(hæma)
— all of a countable group
Slovak:
každý
— all of a countable group
Slovene:
vsak
— all of a countable group
Lower Sorbian:
kuždy
— all of a countable group
Spanish:
cada
— all of a countable group
Swahili:
kila
— all of a countable group
Swedish:
varje (1.)
— all of a countable group
Swedish:
var (2.)
— all of a countable group
Tajik:
ҳар
(har)
— all of a countable group
Tamil:
ஒவ்வொரு
(ovvoru)
— all of a countable group
Tatar:
һәр
(här)
— all of a countable group
Tày:
ăn
— all of a countable group
Tày:
táng
— all of a countable group
Tày:
mọi
— all of a countable group
Telugu:
ప్రతి
(prati)
— all of a countable group
Thai:
ทุก
(túk)
— all of a countable group
Thai:
ทุก ๆ
(túk-túk)
— all of a countable group
Tocharian B:
po
— all of a countable group
Turkish:
her
— all of a countable group
Turkmen:
her
— all of a countable group
Ukrainian:
ко́жний
(kóžnyj)
— all of a countable group
Ukrainian:
уся́кий
(usjákyj)
— all of a countable group
Ukrainian:
всіля́кий
(vsiljákyj)
— all of a countable group