oneself

English

Etymology

A contracted form of one's self

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wʌnˈsɛlf/, SAMPA: /wVn"sElf/

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Pronoun

oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one, sometimes two words: one's self)

1. The person, previously mentioned.

   One can teach oneself to do this.

Usage notes

This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.

Synonyms

• one's self

Derived terms

• be oneself
• by oneself

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive	Possessive Pronoun
Singular	First	—	I	me	myself	my	mine
	Second	—	you, thou (archaic)	you, thee (archaic)	yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic)	your, thy (archaic)	yours, thine (archaic)
	Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his
		Feminine	she	her	herself	her	hers
		Neuter	it		itself	its	its (rare)
Plural	First	—	we	us	ourselves	our	ours
	Second	—	you, ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	your	yours
	Third	—	they	them	themselves	their	theirs
Indefinite	Third	—	one		oneself	one's	—

Translations

The person, previously mentioned

Arabic: نفس (ar) (nafs) Catalan: es (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ), 自身 (zh) (zìshēn) Dutch: zichzelf (nl) Esperanto: mem (eo) Finnish: itsensä (fi) French: soi-même (fr) German: selbst (de), sich (de) Hindi: ख़ुद (hi) (xud) Hungarian: maga (hu), önmaga (hu), sajátmaga (hu)

Japanese: 自分 (ja) (じぶん, jibun), 自分自身 (ja) (じぶんじしん, jibun jishin), 自身 (ja) (じしん, jishin), 自己 (ja) (じこ, jiko) Korean: 자신 (ko) (jasin) (自身 (ko)), 자기 (ko) (jagi) (自己 (ko)) Persian: خود (fa) (xud, xod), نفس (fa) (nafs) Portuguese: si, si mesmo Russian: (nominative) сам (ru) (sam), (genitive, accusative) себя (ru) (sebjá), (dative, prepositional) себе (ru) (sebé), (etc.) Spanish: sí mismo, uno mismo (es) Swedish: sig själv (sv) Urdu: خود (ur) (xud)

See also

• one
• self