English Online Dictionary. What means each? What does each mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English eche, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwylċ (“each, every, any, all”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwô (“ever, always”) + *ga- + *hwilīkaz. 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 jeglich (“any”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /iːt͡ʃ/
- (US) IPA(key): /it͡ʃ/
- Rhymes: -iːtʃ
Determiner
each
- All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
Usage notes
- (all, every): The phrase beginning with each identifies a set of items wherein the words following each identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular:
- Each candidate has 49 votes.
- Each voter must decide for herself.
Related terms
- each and every
- each other
- to each his own
Translations
Adverb
each (not comparable)
- For one; apiece; per.
Translations
Pronoun
each
- Every one; every thing.
Noun
each (plural eaches)
- (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
Anagrams
- Aceh, Ache, Chae, Chea, HACE, ache
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ax/
Noun
each m (genitive singular eich, nominative plural eacha)
- (archaic) horse
Declension
Synonyms
- capall
Derived terms
- eachmairt
- eachra
- giolla eich (“horse-boy”)
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “eaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 272.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22.
- "each" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛx/, /jax/
Noun
each m (genitive singular eich, plural eich)
- horse
- (dated) brute
Derived terms
- each-mara
- ruigidh each mall muileann
References
- “each” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian āge, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪə̯x/
Noun
each c (plural eagen, diminutive eachje)
- eye
Further reading
- “each (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011