jämn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish iæmpn, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Compare Danish jævn, Norwegian Bokmål jevn, Norwegian Nynorsk jamn, Faroese javnur, Icelandic jafn, English even, Dutch even, effen, German eben.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

jämn

  1. (mathematics, about numbers) even; divisible by 2
  2. (mathematics, about functions) even; a function of one variable such that f(-x)=f(x).
  3. smooth, even

Antonyms
  • (about numbers): udda
  • (about functions): udda
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