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Translingual

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Signal flag for the digit 1

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English one.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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one

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 1. synonym ▲
    Synonym: unaone (ITU/IMO)
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal
ICAO/NATO vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits
ICAO/NATO zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner)
ITU/IMO nadazero unaone bissotwo terrathree kartefour pantafive soxisix setteseven oktoeight novenine

Etymology 2

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Clipping of English Oneida.

Symbol

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one

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Oneida.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

English

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English numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: one
    Ordinal: first
    Abbreviated ordinal: 1st
    Latinate ordinal: primary
    Reverse order ordinal: last
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate
    Adverbial: one time, once
    Multiplier: onefold
    Latinate multiplier: single
    Distributive: singly
    Germanic collective: onesome
    Collective of n parts: singlet, singleton
    Greek or Latinate collective: monad
    Greek collective prefix: mono-
    Latinate collective prefix: uni-
    Fractional: whole
    Elemental: singlet, singleton
    Greek prefix: proto-
    Number of musicians: solo
    Number of years: year

Alternative forms

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  • wone (obsolete)
  • (Arabic numeral): 1 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • (Roman numeral): I

Etymology 1

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PIE word
*h₁óynos

    From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (one), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (single, one). Doublet of an.

    Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (one); North Frisian ån (one); Saterland Frisian aan (one); West Frisian ien (one); Dutch een, één (one); German Low German een; German ein, eins (one); Danish en (one); Swedish en (one); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (one), Icelandic einn (one); Latin ūnus (one) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. Doublet of a, an, and Uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).

    The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on,[1] although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).

    Verb form from Middle English onen.

    Pronunciation

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    Around the 14th century, in southwest and western England, the word began to be pronounced with an initial /w/[1][2] (compare e.g. woak, Middle English wocke, a dialectal form of oak),[3] and the spellings won and wone began to be found alongside on, one;[4] the /w/, though initially nonstandard, had become the norm by the 18th century.[1] In alone, atone, and only,[2] as well as in the dialectal form un, 'un[1] (and in none and no),[5] the older pronunciations without /w/ are preserved,[1][2] while once shows the same /w/.

    Numeral

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    one

    1. The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. quotations ▼
      In some religions, there is more than one god.
      In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
      One person, one vote.
    2. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
    3. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
    4. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
    Synonyms
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    • yan, yen (Northumbria, Cumbria)
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    Pronoun

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    one (reflexive oneself, possessive adjective one's, plural ones)

    1. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. quotations ▼
      Any one of the boys.
      Every one of the bank’s employees.
      A good driver is one who drives carefully.
      Can I borrow an eraser? — Sorry pal, I haven't got one.
      He's not one to pull his punches.
    2. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. quotations ▼
      She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.
      I am one of the few women who've climbed Everest.
    3. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). synonym ▲quotations ▼
      Synonym: generic you
      One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
      My neighbor talks to one like a teacher.
    4. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
      "driver", noun: one who drives.
    Usage notes
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    Synonyms
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    • (unidentified person): you, they (in nominative personal case)
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    Noun

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    one (plural ones)

    1. The digit or figure 1. quotations ▼
    2. (by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
      1. (US) A one-dollar bill.
        I need some ones to make change.
      2. One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. quotations ▼
      3. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
      4. A joke or amusing anecdote.
        Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
      5. A question.
        You already know, so you can answer that one yourselves
      6. An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
        I had a quick one after work
        There’s nothing better than drinking a cold one when the weather’s boiling outside
      7. An act of sexual intercourse.
        Just a quick one before work
    3. A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). synonyms ▲
      Synonyms: sort, type
      Now, he's a curious one.
      Well, well, well, it seems the silent one does have a voice, after all.
      That's the one to watch if you want to win.
      1. (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something. synonym ▲quotations ▼
        Synonym: [the] type (followed by to)
        He's not one for pulling his punches.
      2. (archaic, ironic or endearing; following an adjective) A term of address.
        Oh, most merciful one!
        Hey, sleepy one.
    4. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. quotations ▼
      I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
      That car's the one — I'll buy it.
    5. (dated, euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person. quotations ▼
    6. (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
    7. (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". quotations ▼
      A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!1!?1!
      Someone help me; I'm always losing!?
      B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
      Why don't you just go away loser!
    Synonyms
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    • (mathematics: multiplicative identity): unity
    • (US: one-dollar bill): single
    • (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven
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    Adjective

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    one (not comparable)

    1. Of a period of time, being particular. quotations ▼
      One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
    2. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
      My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
    3. Sole, only.
      He is the one man who can help you.
      The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.
    4. Whole, entire.
      Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
    5. In agreement.
      We are one on the importance of learning.
    6. The same.
      The two types look very different, but are one species.

    Determiner

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    one

    1. A single. antonyms ▲hypernyms ▼
      Antonyms: zero, no; a few, a couple of, a handful of, several; multiple, various; many, numerous; countless
      There was one box of biscuits available.
    2. Used for emphasis in place of a
      1. Being a preeminent example.
        He is one hell of a guy.
      2. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
        The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
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    Verb

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    one (third-person singular simple present ones, present participle oning, simple past and past participle oned)

    1. (transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. quotations ▼

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    References

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    1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “one”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
    2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “atone”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
    3. ^ Christopher Upward, George Davidson, The History of English Spelling (2011), section "O"
    4. ^ Middle English Dictionary: "ō̆n"
    5. ^ Oliver Farrer Emerson, the History of the English Language (1921), page 314
    6. ^ Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700[2], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 30, page 505,511.

    Etymology 2

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      Analogous to several senses of Hokkien (ê) and Mandarin (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and (de) or  / (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色 (the green one)). Compare Cantonese (ge3).

      Pronunciation

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      • (Singapore) IPA(key): /wʌn/, [wɐn(˦)~wän(˦)], (at the end of sentences, before a pause) [wɐn(˦˧)~wän(˦˧)]

      Particle

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      one (Singlish, Manglish)

      1. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something. quotations ▼
        Got almonds one.There are almonds in it.
        How come so heavy one ah?Why is it so heavy?
        Can one, why cannot?Of course you can.
        Need to take train one.You can only get there by taking the train.
      2. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something. quotations ▼
        My friend send one.It was sent by my friend.
        Who say one?Who said so?
        He ask one, not I ask one.It wasn’t me who asked, it was him.
      3. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
        Can easily get lost one, know?You can easily get lost here/there.
      4. A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
        The sell fruits one go home already.The fruit seller has gone home.
      Usage notes
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      Etymology 2, particle sense 2 takes the place of the direct object at the end of sentences.

      Pronoun

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      one

      1. (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
        The bird that make a lot of noise one is gone already.
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      Further reading

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      • Jock Wong (2005), “‘Why You so Singlish One?’ A Semantic and Cultural Interpretation of the Singapore English Particle One”, in Language in Society, volume 34, number 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 239–275.
      • Chow Siew Yeng, Francis Bond (June 2022), “Singlish Where Got Rules One? Constructing a Computational Grammar for Singlish”, in Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation[12], Paris: European Language Resources Association, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2024, pages 5243–5250.

      Anagrams

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      Äiwoo

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      Verb

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      one

      1. to hunt

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      Hawaiian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone (compare with Tahitian one, Māori one, Tongan one, Samoan one),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay (compare with Chamorro unai, Javanese êni).[2][3]

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      one

      1. sand
      2. silt

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      References

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      1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “one”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 288–9
      2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qone”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
      3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2003), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[3], volume 2: The Physical Environment, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 67–8

      Japanese

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      Romanization

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      one

      1. Rōmaji transcription of おね

      Kustenau

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      Noun

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      one

      1. water

      References

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      • Anales: Sección historico-filosófica (Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo), volume 1 (2), part 1

      Mangarevan

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand

      Māori

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone,[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay (compare with Javanese êni).[2][3]

      Compare with Malay pasir (e.g. in gula pasir) for sense of 'granule, granulated'

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      one

      1. sand
      2. (archaic) mud synonym ▲
        Synonym: paru
      3. soil, earth synonym ▲
        Synonym: nuku
      4. beach synonym ▲
        Synonym: tātahi

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      Adjective

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      one

      1. granular, granulated
        huka one: granulated sugar, caster sugar

      References

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      1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “one”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[4], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 291
      2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qone”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
      3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2003), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[5], volume 2: The Physical Environment, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 67–8

      Further reading

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      • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “one”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 279
      • John C. Moorfield (2011), “one”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index[13], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

      Middle English

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      Preposition

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      one

      1. alternative form of on

      Adverb

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      one

      1. alternative form of on (on)

      Etymology 2

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      Numeral

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      one

      1. alternative form of on

      Etymology 3

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      Adverb

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      one

      1. alternative form of on (singly)

      Etymology 4

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      Noun

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      one

      1. alternative form of hone (delay)

      Etymology 5

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      Verb

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      one

      1. alternative form of onen

      Etymology 6

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      Verb

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      one

      1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of unnen

      Etymology 7

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      Noun

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      one

      1. alternative form of wone (course)

      Etymology 8

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      Noun

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      one

      1. alternative form of oven

      Etymology 9

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      Adjective

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      one

      1. alternative form of owen

      Nigerian Pidgin

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      Etymology

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      From English one.

      Numeral

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      one

      1. alternative form of wọn

      Article

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      one

      1. alternative form of wọn; a, an (precedes a noun) quotations ▼

      Pronoun

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      one

      1. alternative form of wọn

      Niuean

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand
      2. gunpowder

      Old Frisian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Germanic *ēnu (without). Cognates include Old Saxon āno and Old Dutch *āna.

      Pronunciation

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      Preposition

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      ône

      1. except

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      • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

      Polish

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish one. The oblique case forms come from Proto-Slavic *ję̇.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.nɛ/
      • Audio 1:Duration: 2 seconds.(file)
      • Audio 2:Duration: 1 second.(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɔnɛ
      • Syllabification: o‧ne

      Pronoun

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      one nvir

      1. they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men

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      Further reading

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      • one”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[15] (in Polish)

      Rarotongan

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand

      Samoan

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ǒne/
      • Hyphenation: o‧ne

      Pronoun

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      òne ? (Cyrillic spelling о̀не)

      1. they (nominative plural of òna (she)); nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men
      2. masculine plural accusative of onaj

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      show ▼Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
      singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
      nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
      genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
      dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
      accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
      vocative
      locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
      instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

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      show ▼Serbo-Croatian personal pronouns
      singular plural
      1st person ja mi
      2nd person familiar ti vi
      polite Vi
      3rd person m on oni
      f ona one
      n ono ona

      Slovene

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      óne

      1. they (feminine plural, more than two)

      Declension

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      Forms between parentheses indicate clitic forms; the main forms are used for emphasis.

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      show ▼Slovene personal pronouns
      singular dual plural
      1st person m jaz midva mi
      f or n medve, midve me
      2nd person
      familiar (tikanje)
      m ti vidva vi
      f or n vedve, vidve ve
      3rd person m on onadva oni
      f ona onedve, onidve one
      n ono onedve, onidve ona
      Polite forms singular (not differentiated in dual and plural)
      polite (vikanje) vi, Vi + 2nd person plural masculine
      very polite (onikanje) oni + 3rd person plural masculine (archaic)
      hyper polite (onokanje) ono + 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete)
      patriarchal (onkanje) on + 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete)

      Swahili

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      Verb

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      -one

      1. subjunctive stem of -ona

      Tahitian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      one

      1. sand
      2. dust

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      Tikopia

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand

      Tokelauan

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      Te one (1).
      Te one (2).

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay. Cognates include Hawaiian one and Samoan one.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [ˈo.ne]
      • Hyphenation: o‧ne

      Noun

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      one

      1. beach of sand
      2. gunpowder

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      References

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      • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[16], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 38

      Tuamotuan

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Oceanic *qone, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qənay, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

      Noun

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      one

      1. sand

      Volapük

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      Pronoun

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      one

      1. (dative singular of on) to it