one

See also: Variations of "one"

one - Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈwan]

Noun

one

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 1.

one - English

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wʌn/
  • (obsolete) enPR: ōn, IPA: /oʊn/; (Early Modern English) IPA: /ɔːn/

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

Numeral

one

  1. The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
    • In some religions, there is only 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

  • yan, yen (Northumbria, Cumbria)

Derived terms

Translations

Pronoun

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.
    • Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  Every one of the bank’s employees.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
  2. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
    • She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
  3. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
    • 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.
    • Synonym: generic you
  4. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
    • "driver", noun: one who drives.

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (unidentified person): you, they (in nominative personal case)

Derived terms

Translations

  • Asturian: uno (ast)
  • Bashkir: (indefinite) expressed by an izafa form; (definite) берәү (beräw)
  • Catalan: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: (measure words are used), (adjectives with)  (zh) (de)
  • Dutch: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective, men (nl)
  • Esperanto: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Finnish: does not exist, other passive structures used
  • French: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective, on (fr)
  • Galician: un (gl) m, unha (gl) f
  • German: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Hindi: वो (hi) (vo), ये (hi) (ye)
  • Irish: ceann (non-human), duine (ga) (human)
  • Italian: quello (it) m, quella (it) f
  • Japanese: (adjectives with)  (ja) (no)
  • Latin: alter (la)
  • Malay: yang (ms)
  • Malayalam: ഒന്ന് (ml) (onnŭ)
  • Persian: ـه (fa) (-e) (colloquial)
  • Polish: ktoś (pl)
  • Portuguese: not translated
  • Russian: not translated, expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Scots: ane
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach m, (masculine) fear (gd) m, (feminine)  f
  • Slovak: ten (sk) m
  • Spanish: uno (es) m, una (es) f
  • Swahili: moja (sw)
  • Vietnamese: thứ (vi), cái (vi), loại (vi)
  • Welsh: un (cy)
  • Arabic: اَلْمَرْء (ar) m (al-marʔ)
  • Asturian: ún (ast) m ~ unu (ast) m, una (ast) f
  • Bashkir: кеше (keşe), usually expressed by the modal verbs or similar expressions, e.g. ярай (yaray), ярамай (yaramay), кәрәк (käräk), була (bula), булмай (bulmay), etc.
  • Catalan: un (ca), hom (ca)
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese:  (yue) (jan4)
    • Mandarin: (subjectless clauses are used), 人人 (zh) (rénrén), (when talking about self) 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ)
  • Danish: man (da), en (da), én (da), expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Dutch: (archaic) men (nl), je (nl), ze (nl) (the people)
  • Esperanto: oni (eo)
  • Finnish: does not exist, often omitted but e.g. ihminen (fi) may be used instead
  • French: on (fr), quelqu’un (fr)
  • Galician: un (gl) m, unha (gl) f
  • German: man (de), einer (de)
  • Hindi: आदम (hi) m (ādam), एक (hi) m (ek)
  • Ido: onu (io)
  • Irish: expressed by the autonomous verb form
  • Japanese:  (ja) (ひと, hito), だれでも (daredemo), (when talking about self) 自分 (ja) (じぶん, jibun)
  • Low German: me, einer (Paderbornisch); äiner (Sauerländisch); Eene (Münsterländisch)
  • Macedonian: човек (mk) (čovek), човека (čoveka)
  • Malay: seseorang
  • Malayalam: ഒരാൾ (orāḷ)
  • Middle English: oon, man, me
  • Mòcheno: men
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: en (no), man (no)
    • Nynorsk: ein (nn)
  • Persian: آدم (fa) (âdam), یکی (fa) (yeki), کسی (fa) (kasi)
  • Portuguese: use third-person singular reflexive
  • Russian: челове́к (ru) m (čelovék), usually expressed by the modal verbs or similar expressions, e.g. мо́жно (ru) (móžno), ну́жно (ru) (núžno), нельзя́ (ru) (nelʹzjá), хоте́ться (ru) (xotétʹsja) plus infinitive forms or reflexive forms used of type чу́вствоваться (čúvstvovatʹsja), (informally) ты (ru) (ty)
  • Scots: a bodie
  • Scottish Gaelic: duine
  • Slovak: človek (sk) m
  • Spanish: uno (es), se (es)
  • Swedish: man (sv), en (sv), expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
  • Vietnamese: ta (vi), người ta (vi), mình (vi), ai (vi)
  • Volapük: oy (vo)
  • Welsh: expressed by the autonomous verb form, dyn (cy) is used when it comes after a preposition, but is ei in the genitive form e.g. Mae iawnderau a dyletswyddau gyda dyn- One has rights and duties, Chwerthir am ei pen- One will be laughed at

Noun

one (plural ones)

  1. The digit or figure 1.
  2. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
  3. (US) A one-dollar bill.
  4. One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  5. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
  6. A joke or amusing anecdote.
  7. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
    • 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.
  8. (dated) (euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
  9. (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
    • 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

  • (mathematics: multiplicative identity): unity
  • (US: one-dollar bill): single
  • (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven

Translations

  • Apache:
  • Afrikaans: een (af)
  • Armenian: մեկ (hy) (mek)
  • Asturian: un (ast) m
  • Belarusian: адзі́нка (be) f (adzínka)
  • Bikol Central: saro (bcl)
  • Breton: unan (br) m
  • Catalan: u (ca) m
  • Central Sierra Miwok: kéŋ·e-
  • Czech: jednička (cs) f
  • Danish: ettal n, ener c
  • Dutch: één (nl) f
  • Esperanto: unu (eo)
  • Finnish: ykkönen (fi)
  • French: un (fr) m
  • Friulian: un m
  • Galician: un (gl) m
  • German: Eins (de) f
  • Antillean Creole: yonn
  • Hindi: एक (hi) m (ek)
  • Hungarian: egyes (hu)
  • Interlingua: uno
  • Italian: uno (it) m
  • Japanese:  (ja) (いち, ichi),  (ja) (ひと, hito) ワン (ja) (ワン, wan)
  • Kikuyu: ĩmwe
  • Kurdish:
    • Central Kurdish: یەک (ckb) (yek)
  • Lithuanian: vienetas (lt) m
  • Macedonian: единица f (edinica)
  • Malayalam: ഒന്ന് (ml) (onnŭ)
  • Northern Ohlone: hemetca
  • Occitan: un (oc) m
  • Pennsylvania German: eens
  • Pashto: يو (ps) (yaw)
  • Persian: یک (fa) (yek)
  • Polish: jedynka (pl) f
  • Portuguese: um (pt) m
  • Romanian: unu (ro) m
  • Russian: едини́ца (ru) f (jediníca)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • Sindhi: هِڪُ (sd)
  • Slovak: jednotka f
  • Southern Sierra Miwok: keŋ·eH-
  • Spanish: uno (es) m
  • Swedish: etta (sv)
  • Tagalog: isa (tl)
  • Tok Pisin: wan
  • Turkish: bir (tr)
  • Urdu: ایک (ur) (aek)
  • Vietnamese: một (vi), số một (vi)
  • Welsh: un (cy)
  • Zazaki: jew (diq)
  • Breton: ur bilhed (br) m un dollar (br) ?
  • Czech: jednodolarovka f
  • Danish: endollarseddel c
  • Dutch: eendollarbiljet, eendollarsbiljet n
  • Finnish: dollarin seteli
  • French: billet d’un dollar m
  • Italian: biglietto di un dollaro m
  • Japanese: 一ドル紙幣 (いちどるしへい, ichi doru shihei), 一ドル札 (いちどるさつ, ichi doru satsu)
  • Navajo: tʼááłáʼí béeso
  • Polish: jednodolarówka f
  • Swedish: endollarsedel, endollarssedel c
  • Vietnamese: tờ đô (vi)
  • Zazaki: jık

Adjective

one (not comparable)

  1. Of a period of time, being particular.
    • 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.
  7. Being a preeminent example.
    • He is one hell of a guy.
  8. 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”.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, or pronoun one

Translations

  • Armenian: մի (hy) (mi)
  • Asturian: un (ast) m, una (ast) f
  • Catalan: un (ca)
  • Danish: en (da), et (da)
  • Dutch: op (nl) een (nl), eens (nl), ooit (nl)
  • Finnish: eräänä (fi)
  • Galician: un (gl) m
  • Hindi: एक (hi) (ek)
  • Indonesian: suatu (id)
  • Korean:  (ko) (han)
  • Malayalam: ഒരു (ml) (oru)
  • Persian: یک (fa) (yek), ـی (fa) (-i)
  • Polish: pewien (pl)
  • Portuguese: algum (pt), um (pt)
  • Scots: ae
  • Slovak: jedného m
  • Spanish: un (es)
  • Swahili: moja (sw)
  • Swedish: en (sv) c, ett (sv) n
  • Vietnamese: một (vi)
  • Zazaki: yewın
  • Armenian: մի (hy) (mi)
  • Asturian: un (ast) m, una (ast) f
  • Catalan: un (ca)
  • Danish: den (da), det (da) ene (da)
  • Dutch: de (nl), het (nl) ene (nl), één (nl)
  • Finnish: eräs (fi), yksi (fi)
  • French: un (fr) m, une (fr) f
  • German: ein (de) m or n, eine (de) f
  • Hindi: हर (hi) (har)
  • Kikuyu: mwe
  • Korean: 어느 (ko) (eoneu)
  • Malayalam: ഒരു (ml) (oru)
  • Persian: هر (fa) (har)
  • Portuguese: algum (pt)
  • Scots: ae
  • Slovak: hociktorý m
  • Spanish: un (es)
  • Swahili: moja (sw)
  • Vietnamese: nào đó
  • Catalan: un (ca)
  • Danish: ener
  • Dutch: een (nl)
  • Finnish: kunnon (fi)
  • Hebrew: ואחד (waḥed) (slang)
  • Italian: un (it)
  • Scots: ae
  • Slovak: jeden (sk) m
  • Catalan: un (ca)
  • Danish: en (da)
  • Dutch: een zekere, ene (nl)
  • Finnish: eräs (fi)
  • French: un certain
  • German: ein gewisser, eine gewisse
  • Hindi: एक (hi) (ek)
  • Italian: un certo, un tale
  • Persian: ـی (fa) (-i), یک ...ـی (yek ...-i)
  • Polish: niejaki (pl)
  • Scots: ane
  • Slovak: jeden (sk)
  • Vietnamese: ông (vi),  (vi), thằng (vi)

Verb

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

  1. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA: /wʌn/, [wɐn˦], [-˧], (before a pause and at the end of sentences) [wɐn(˧˨)]

Particle

one (Singapore, Singlish)

  1. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
    • Got almonds one.There are almonds in it.
    • How come so heavy one?Why is it so heavy?
  2. Used to emphasize or explain something without specifying the direct object.
    • My friend in Germany send one.It was sent by my friend in Germany.
    • She tell me one.She told me.
    • Who say one?Who said so?
  3. A nominalizer; used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
    • The play chess one.The one who plays chess.

Pronoun

one (Singapore, Singlish)

  1. Used as a noun substituent following a possessive determiner.
    • My one is not as good as yours.Mine isn't as good as yours.
    • This is Brian's one.This belongs to Brian.
  2. (relative) Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.

Anagrams

one - Aiwoo

Verb

one

  1. to hunt

one - Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈo.ne/

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Japanese

Romanization

one

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おね

one - Kustenau

Noun

one

  1. water

one - Mangarevan

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Maori

Noun

one

  1. beach
  2. sand, mud
  3. soil, earth

one - Middle English

Preposition

one

  1. Alternative form of on

Adverb

one

  1. Alternative form of on (on)

Numeral

one

  1. Alternative form of on

Adverb

one

  1. Alternative form of on (singly)

Noun

one (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hone (delay)

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present oneth, present participle onende, onynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle oned)

  1. Alternative form of onen

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present an, present participle onende, first-/third-person singular past indicative oðe, past participle onen)

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of unnen

Noun

one (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wone (course)

Noun

one (plural ones)

  1. Alternative form of oven

Adjective

one

  1. Alternative form of owen

one - Niuean

Noun

one

  1. sand
  2. gunpowder

one - Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɔːne/

Preposition

one

  1. except

one - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɔ.nɛ/
  • Syllabification: o‧ne

Pronoun

one pl

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

Declension

npers pl
nominative one
genitive ich/nich
dative im
accusative je/nie
instrumental nimi
locative nich
vocative

one - Rarotongan

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Samoan

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ǒne/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ne

Pronoun

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

Declension

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

one - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔ̀ːnɛ/

Pronoun

óne

  1. they (feminine plural, more than two)

Inflection

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

singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative òn ôna ôno
accusative njêga (ga, -nj) njó (jo, -njo) njêga (ga, -nj)
genitive njêga (ga) njé (je) njêga (ga)
dative njêmu (mu) njéj, njèj, njì (ji) njêmu (mu)
locative njêm njéj, njèj, njì njêm
instrumental njím njó njím
possessive njegôv, njegòv njén njegôv, njegòv
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ônadva ônidve, onédve ônidve, onédve
accusative njíju (ju, -nju) or plural njíju (ju, -nju) or plural njíju (ju, -nju) or plural
genitive njíju (ju) or plural njíju (ju) or plural njíju (ju) or plural
dative njíma (jima) njíma (jima) njíma (jima)
locative njíju or plural njíju or plural njíju or plural
instrumental njíma njíma njíma
possessive njún njún njún
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ôni ône ôna
accusative njìh (jih, -nje) njìh (jih, -nje) njìh (jih, -nje)
genitive njìh (jih) njìh (jih) njìh (jih)
dative njìm (jim) njìm (jim) njìm (jim)
locative njìh njìh njìh
instrumental njími njími njími
possessive njíhov njíhov njíhov

one - Tahitian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɔ.ne/

Noun

one

  1. sand
  2. dust

one - Tikopia

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈo.ne/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ne

Noun

one

  1. beach of sand
  2. gunpowder

Derived terms

one - Tuamotuan

Noun

one

  1. sand

one - Volapük

Pronoun

one

  1. (dative singular of on) to it
Meaning and Definition of one
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