[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- wone (obsolete), o (obsolete)
- Arabic numeral: 1 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
- Roman numeral: I
- Exponential notation: 100
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English one, oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”) (same word as an), from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). Cognate with Scots ane, wan, yin (“one”), West Frisian ien (“one”), Dutch een, één (“one”), Low German en, ein (“one”) , German ein, eins (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”), Latin unus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos), French un, Russian один (odin).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Australia), (RP) IPA: /wɐn/, SAMPA: /w6n/
- Homophone: won (Etymology 1)
- (non RP, non-standard British) IPA: /wɒn/, SAMPA: /wQn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
- Homophone: won (Etymology 3)
- (US) enPR: wŭn, IPA: /wʌn/, SAMPA: /wVn/
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- Rhymes: -ʌn
- Homophone: won (Etymology 1)
- one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone, only and atone. Stressed vowels often become diphthongs over time (Latin bona → Italian buona and Spanish buena), and this happened in the late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.
[edit] Cardinal number
one
- (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 1; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. Ordinal: first.
- There is only one Earth.
- In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
- One person, one vote.
- The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
[edit] Synonyms
- For symbolic forms of this entry, see 1.
[edit] Translations
cardinal number 1
- Abkhaz: акы (ab) (aky)
- Afrikaans: een (af)
- Ainu: シネ (shine)
- Akkadian: ishten
- Albanian: një (sq)
- Alsatian: eins
- Alutiiq: all'inguq, allringuq, allriluq (Southern)
- American Sign Language: 1@Side-PalmForward
- Amharic: አንድ (and) (numeral: ፩)
- Ancient Greek: εἷς (el) (heis) m.
- Mycenean: hemei
- Arabic: واحد (wāħid) (numeral: ١)
- Egyptian Arabic: واحد (waħed) m.
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: חד (ħad) m., חדא (ħdā’) f.
- Syriac: ܚܕ (ħad) m., ܚܕܐ (ħdā’) f.
- Arapaho: jaasaaye
- Archi: ос (os)
- Armenian: մեկ (hy) (mek)
- Assamese: এক (ek)
- Asturian: un, unu
- Avestan: aeva
- Aymara: maya
- Azeri: bir (az)
- Basque: bat (eu)
- Bavarian: oans
- Belarusian: адзін (be) (adzin)
- Bemba: cimo
- Bengali: এক (bn) (ek) (numeral:১ (bn))
- Bezhta: гьонс (hõs)
- Blackfoot: nĭtukskûm
- Breton: unan (br)
- Bulgarian: едно (bg) (ednó) n., един (bg) (edín) m., една (bg) (edná) f.
- Burmese: တစ် (my) (tit) (numeral: ၁)
- Burushaski:
- Hunza: hik
- Nagar: hik
- Yasin: hek
- Cabécar: etku
- Calabrese: unu
- Camsá: kanži
- Carib: o:wiñ
- Catalan: un (ca)
- Cebuano: usa
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴰⵏ (yan) m.
- Ch'orti': inte'
- Chachi: main
- Chamicuro: palaka
- Chamorro: unu
- Chechen: цхьаъ (cʜa’)
- Cherokee: ᏌᏊᎢ (saquui)
- Cheyenne: náʼėstse
- Chibcha: ata
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 一 (yat1)
- Dungan: йи (yi)
- Mandarin: 一, 壹 (yī)
- Min Dong (Eastern Hokkien): 一 (sio)
- Gan: 一 (yit)
- Jin: 一 (yiu)
- Teochew: 一 (ik4, zêg8)
- Wu: 一 (ye)
- Choctaw: ačǎfa
- Chukchi: -nnen
- Chuvash: пĕрре (pĕrre)
- Colorado: mã, mãka
- Comanche: sʉmʉ
- Cornish: un, onen
- Corsican: unu (co)
- Cree: pâyuk
- Crimean Tatar: bir
- Czech: jeden (cs) m.
- Danish: én (da), et (da)
- Dena'ina: ts'ełq'i
- Drehu: caas
- Dutch: één (nl) f., een (nl) (non-emphasized)
- Egyptian: w-'-w
- Emiliano-Romagnolo: ón
- Erzya: вейке (vejke)
- Esperanto: unu (eo)
- Estonian: üks (et)
- Etruscan: 𐌈𐌖 (thu)
- Faroese: eitt (fo)
- Fijian: dua
- Finnish: yksi (fi)
- Fore: kánoné
- Frankish: anne
- French: un (fr)
- Friulian: un
- Ga: ekome
- Gagauz: bir
- Galician: un (gl)
- Gamilaraay: maal
- Garífuna: aban
- Georgian: ერთი (ka) (erti)
- German: (abstract counting): eins (de), (counting objects): ein (de), eine (de), einen (de), einem (de), einer (de), eines (de)
- Gilbertese: teuana
- Gothic: áins
- Greek: ένας (el) (énas) m., μια (el) (mia) f., ένα (el) (éna) n.
- Guaraní: peteï
- Gujarati: એકડો (ekaddo) (numeral: ૧)
- Gusii: eyemo
- Haida: sgoansiñ
- Haitian Creole: en, youn
- Hausa: gùdáá, ɗáyá
- Hawaiian: ʻekahi (variant form: kahi)
- Hebrew: אַחַת (he) (ákhat) f. (used in counting), אֶחָד (he) (ékhad) m.
- Hiligaynon: isa
- Hindi: एक (ek) (numeral: १)
- Hopi: suukyaʼ
- Hungarian: egy (hu)
- Hupa: łaˀ
- Icelandic: einn (is)
- Ido: un (io)
- Igbo: otu
- Indonesian: satu (id)
- Balinese: sa
- Banjarese: asa
- Javanese: siji (jv), sitok (jv), eka (jv)
- Madurese: settoŋ
- Minangkabau: cieʔ
- Sundanese: hiji (su)
- Interlingua: un (ia)
- Inuktitut: ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ (iu) (atausiq)
- Inupiak: atausriq (ik)
- Irish: aon (ga), amháin (ga)
- Iroquoian:
- Laurentian: segada
- Italian: uno (it); nu (Pugliese)
- Japanese: 一 (ja) (いち, ichí), 一つ (ja) (ひとつ, hitótsu), 1 (ja)
- Jèrriais: ieune
- Kalaallisut: ataaseq
- Kannada: ಒoದು (kn) (oṃdu) (numeral: ೧)
- Karachay-Balkar: бир (bir)
- Karajá: sohoji
- Karelian: yksi
- Kashubian: jeden m.
- Kazakh: бір (kk) (bir)
- Khakas: пір (pir)
- Khmer: មួយ (muoy) (numeral: ១)
- Kinyarwanda: rimwe
- Klallam: nə́c̕uʔ
- Komi: ӧтік (ötïk)
- Kongo: mosi
- Korean: 하나 (ko) (hana), 한 (ko) (han)(adjective), 일 (一, il)
- Kurdish: yek, êk, یهک
- Kyrgyz: бир (ky) (bir)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: אונו m.
- Latin: uno m., una f.
- Lakota: waŋží
- Lao: ໜຶ່ງ (lo) (nyng) (numeral: ໑)
- Latgalian: vīns
- Latin: ūnus (la) m., ūna (la) f., ūnum (la) n.
- Latvian: viens (lv); vīns (Latgalian), viena (lv)
- Limburgish: ein
- Lithuanian: vienas (lt) m., viena (lt) f.
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- Livonian: ikš
- Lojban: pa
- Lombard: vun m., vuna f.
- Low German: ein (nds)
- Low Saxon: een (nds)
- Lower Sorbian: jaden m.
- Luganda: emu
- Luhya: ndala
- Luxembourgish: een (lb)
- Maasai: nabo
- Macedonian: еден (mk) (éden)
- Malagasy: iray
- Malay: satu (ms)
- Malayalam: ഒന്ന് (ml) (onnu) (numeral: ൧)
- Maltese: wieħed (mt)
- Manchu: ᡝᠮᡠ (emu)
- Manx: 'nane (gv), un (gv), unnane (gv)
- Maori: tahi (mi)
- Mapudungun: kiñe
- Marathi: एक (eka) (numeral: १)
- Mari: икыт (ikyt)
- Maricopa: cendig
- Marshallese: juon
- Mi'kmaq: nāookt
- Miwok: kenne
- Mochica: onäk
- Mohawk: énska
- Moldavian: уну
- Mongolian: нэг (neg), ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ (nigen) (numeral: ᠑)
- Montagnais: peikᵘ
- Mundari: mid
- Mundurukú: pĩ̵g̃
- Nahali: bidum
- Nahuatl: ce (nah)
- Nauruan: aiquen
- Navajo: łáaʼii, tʼááłáʼí
- Nengone: sa
- Newari: १
- Ngarrindjeri: jammelai
- Nivkh: nin
- Norman: eun
- North Frisian:
- Sylt: jen
- Northern Sami: okta (se)
- Northern Sotho:
- Sepedi: tee
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: én (no), ett
- Nynorsk: éin, éi, eitt
- Novial: un
- O'odham: hemako
- Occitan: un (oc); iva (Gascon)
- Ojibwe: bezhig
- Old Armenian: մի (mi)
- Old Church Slavonic: ѥдинъ (jedinŭ)
- Old English: ān (ang)
- Old Irish: óen
- Old Javanese: tunggul
- Old Norse: einn
- Old Nubian: ouer-
- Old Prussian: ains
- Old Tupi: oîepé
- Oriya: ଏକ (or) (ek) (numeral: ୧ (or))
- Oscan: 𐌖𐌉𐌍𐌖𐌔 (uinus)
- Ossetian: иу (iu)
- Pali: eka (pi)
- Pashto: یو (numeral:١)
- Persian: یِک (fa) (yek) (numeral: ۱ (fa))
- Old Persian: aivaka
- Phoenician: 𐤀𐤇𐤃 ('-h-d)
- Polish: jeden (pl)
- Portuguese: um (pt) m.
- Punjabi: ਇੱਕ (ika) (numeral: ੧)
- Quechua: huk (qu)
- Rapanui: ka tahi
- Rarotongan: taʼi
- Rohingya: ek
- Romani: yek
- Kalo Finnish Romani: iek
- Romanian: unu (ro), una (ro)
- Roviana: keke
- Russian: один (ru) (odín), раз (ru) (raz) (when counting)
- Samoan: tasi (variant form: asi)
- Sanskrit: एक (sa) (éka)
- Santali: ᱮᱠᱚ (eka)
- Sardinian: unu
- Saterland Frisian: een
- Scots: (adjective; used before a noun) ae, (numerical; when counting) wan
- Scottish Gaelic: aon (gd), (one person) aonar (gd) m., (one item) aonan (gd) m.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јѐдан (sh)
- Roman: jèdan (sh)
- Shan: ၼိုင်ႈ (nyng) (numeral: ႑)
- Shelta: ain, awárt
- Shona: poshi
- Sichuan Yi: ꋍ (cyp)
- Sicilian: unu
- Sindhi: هِڪُ
- Sinhalese: එක (eka)
- Siouan:
- Dakota: wancha
- Slovak: jeden (sk)
- Slovene: ena (sl)
- Somali: kow (so), mid (so), hal (so)
- Sotho: nngwe
- Spanish: uno (es)
- Sumerian: desh
- Swabian: oe, oas, ois
- Swahili: moja (sw)
- Swati: -nyé
- Swedish: (abstract counting): ett (sv), (counting objects): ett (sv) n., en (sv) c.
- Swiss German: aas, (variant form: oas)
- Tachelhit: yan m., yat f.
- Tagalog: isa
- Tahitian: hō'ē
- Taino: hekiti
- Tajik: як (yak)
- Tamil: ஒன்று (onrru) (numeral: ௧)
- Tasmanian: marra (wa)
- Tatar: бер (ber)
- Telugu: ఒకటి (okatti) (numeral: ౧)
- Thai: หนึ่ง (nèung) (numeral: ๑)
- Tibetan: གཅིག (gcig) (numeral: ༡)
- Tok Pisin: wanpela
- Tongan: taha
- Transalpine Gaulish: oinos
- Tupinambá: îepé, oîepé
- Turkish: bir (tr)
- Turkmen: bir (tk)
- Tzutujil: jun
- Ukrainian: один (uk) (odýn)
- Umbrian: 𐌖𐌍𐌔 (uns)
- Upper Sorbian: jedyn m.
- Urdu: ایک (ur) (ek, ik), (numeral) ١ (ur)
- Uyghur: بىر (ug)
- Uzbek: bir (uz)
- Veps: ükś
- Vietnamese: một (vi)
- Volapük: bal
- Votic: ühsi / үхси
- Võro: ütś
- Walloon: onk
- Warlpiri: cinta
- Waurá: pawã
- Welsh: un (cy)
- West Frisian: ien
- Western Apache: dałaá
- Witoto: dáde
- Xhosa: inye
- Yiddish: איינס (yi) (eyns)
- Yucatec: (Maya) hun
- Yuchi: hitʼɛ
- Zapotec: to
- Zuni: dobinde
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[edit] See also
[edit] Pronoun
one (possessive one’s, plural ones)
- (impersonal pronoun) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- The big one looks good.
- I want the green one.
- (impersonal pronoun, with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people.
- She offered him an apple and an orange; he took the one and left the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
- One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.
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[edit] Synonyms
- (unidentified person): you, they in nominative personal case.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
impersonal pronoun
- Asturian: uno (ast)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (measure words are used), (adjectives with) 的 (de)
- Dutch: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Esperanto: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Finnish: does not exist, other passive structures used
- French: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- German: expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Irish: ceann (ga) (non-human), duine (ga) (human)
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indefinite personal pronoun
- Arabic: المرء (ar) (al-marʾ) m.
- Asturian: ún (ast) m. ~ unu (ast) m., una (ast) f.
- Chinese:
- 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)
- German: man (de), einer (de)
- Ido: on (io)
- Irish: expressed by the autonomous verb form
- Japanese: 人 (ja) (ひと, hito), だれでも (ja) (daredemo), (when talking about self) 自分 (ja) (じぶん, jibun)
- Macedonian: човек (mk) (čóvek), човека (mk) (čóveka)
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- Russian: человек (ru) (čelovék) m., usually expressed by the modal verbs or similar expressions, e.g. можно (ru), нужно (ru), нельзя (ru), хотеться (ru) plus infinitive forms or reflexive forms used of type чувствоваться
- Scots: a bodie
- Scottish Gaelic: expressed by the autonomous verb form, duine (gd) is used when it comes after a preposition, in the genitive and if it is a prepositional pronoun e.g. Chan eil fios aig duine a-riamh- One never knows, Fhèin an duine- Oneself
- Spanish: uno (es), se (es)
- Swedish: man (sv), en (sv); expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Volapük: oy (vo)
- Welsh: expressed by the autonomous verb form, dyn (cy) is used when it comes after a preposition, but is ei (cy) 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
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- Breton: den ebet, unan bennak, an hini
- Catalan: algú m., qualcú m., alguna f., qualcuna f., la (ca), en/én c.; expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Hindi: not translated "I want the green one" = "हरावाला चाहता हूँ" (the adj. and the verb agree) (literally, "I want the one which is green").
- Interlingua: uno, alcuno; expressed by reflexivization in expressions of the type "one" + transitive verb + direct object, expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
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- Italian si (it), qualcuno , expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Japanese: 自分 (ja), 自 (ja)
- Malay: satu (ms)
- Novial: on, expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Portuguese: a (pt) pessoa f., alguém; expressed by reflexivization in expressions of the type "one" + transitive verb + direct object, expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Romanian: unul (ro), vreun (ro)
- Spanish: uno (es), alguien (es), expressed by nominalization when following an adjective
- Turkish: biri (tr), birini (tr)
- Vietnamese: mình (vi), thứ (vi), cái (vi), loại (vi)
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one (plural ones)
- (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (Internet slang, leet, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating n00bs who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
- 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet
- 2004 November 9, "AWK sound recorder!!!11!!11one", in comp.lang.awk, Usenet
- 2007 December 1, "STANFORD!!1!!1!one!11!!1oneone!1!1!", in rec.sport.football.college, Usenet
- (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.
- 1995, Bryan Adams, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
- When you love a woman then tell her
- that she's really wanted
- When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one
- 'cause she needs somebody to tell her
- that it's gonna last forever
[edit] Synonyms
- (mathematics: multiplicative identity):: unity
- (US: one-dollar bill):: single
- (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven
[edit] Translations
neutral element in multiplication
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one (not comparable)
- Of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year.
- One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
- Sole, only.
- He is the one man who can help you.
- Whole, entire.
- Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
- In agreement.
- We are one on the importance of learning.
- The same.
- The two types look very different, but are one species.
- Being a preeminent example.
- He is one hell of a guy.
- Being an unknown person with the specified name.
- The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
[edit] Translations
a single, unspecified thing
being a preeminent example
being an unknown person with the specified name
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[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the numeral, pronoun, noun, or adjective one
[edit] Related terms
Terms etymologically related to the numeral, pronoun, noun, or adjective one
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[edit] Hawaiian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
[edit] Pronunciation
one
- sand
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Pronunciation
one (hiragana おね)
- 尾根: ridge
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
one
- beach, sand, soil
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[edit] Polish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Pronoun
one (personal pronoun)
- they (third-person plural feminine/neuter/non-personal masculine nominative pronoun)
[edit] Declension
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Plural only |
| Nominative |
one |
| Genitive |
ich/nich1 |
| Dative |
im |
| Accusative |
je/nie1 |
| Instrumental |
nimi |
| Locative |
nich |
| Vocative |
– |
- used only with prepositions
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[edit] See also
[edit] Rapa Nui
[edit] Etymology
See here.
one
- sand
[edit] Rarotongan
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
one
- sand
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ǒne/
- Hyphenation: o‧ne
[edit] Pronoun
òne (Cyrillic spelling о̀не)
- they (nominative plural of òna (“she”))
[edit] Declension
Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
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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, nju |
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 |
[edit] Slovene
[edit] Pronoun
one f. (personal pronoun)
- they f.
[edit] See also
Slovene personal pronouns
[edit] Tahitian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
one
- sand
- dust
[edit] Tokelauan
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
one
- sand
[edit] Tuamotuan
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *one.
one
- sand
[edit] Volapük
[edit] Pronoun
one
- (dative singular of on) to it