eden
English
Noun
eden (plural edens)
- (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”)
- 1990, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s:
- The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]
- 1990, Kevin Starr, Material Dreams: Southern California through the 1920s:
Danish
Norwegian Bokmål
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̀ːdən/
Usage notes
The form êden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position.
Swedish
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