un

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English [edit]

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Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Representing non-standard pronunciation of one.

Noun [edit]

un (plural uns)

  1. (dialectal) One.

Anagrams [edit]

Aromanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin unus. Compare Daco-Romanian un.

Article [edit]

un (feminine unã)

  1. (indefinite article) a, an

Related terms [edit]

Asturian [edit]

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primeru

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnus.

Numeral [edit]

un or unu m (feminine una)

  1. (cardinal) one

Breton [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Article [edit]

un

  1. a/an

See also [edit]

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnum (“one”), accusative form of ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Article [edit]

un m (feminine una, masculine plural uns, feminine plural unes)

  1. an; the indefinite article
  2. (plural) some

Usage notes [edit]

Note that unlike English, the indefinite article is used with plural nouns as well as singular nouns.

Numeral [edit]

Catalan cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primer
Catalan Wikipedia article on un

un m (feminine una, noun form u)

  1. (cardinal) one

Pronoun [edit]

un m sg (feminine una)

  1. one; indefinite pronoun

Chamorro [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Adjective and article from Spanish un.

Adjective [edit]

un

  1. one.

Article [edit]

un

  1. a, an.

Pronoun [edit]

un

  1. you (used in transitive sentences)
  1. Kao un taitai i lepblo-mu? "Did you read your book?"

Fala [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Portuguese un, from Latin ūnus (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one; single”).

Article [edit]

un m (plural un-os, feminine un-a, feminine plural un-as)

  1. a (masculine singular indefinite article)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:
      As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.
      The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, our Fala is another treasure among them.

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. (cardinal) one (numerical value equal to 1)

Related terms [edit]

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French uns, from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /œ̃/
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Article [edit]

un m (plural des, negative de)

  1. an, a

Numeral [edit]

French cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : premier
French Wikipedia article on un

un

  1. one

Noun [edit]

un m (invariable)

  1. one

Pronoun [edit]

un m

  1. one

Anagrams [edit]

Galician [edit]

Galician cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primeiro
Galician Wikipedia article on un

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnus.

Pronunciation [edit]

Article [edit]

un m sg (feminine unha, masculine plural uns, feminine plural unhas)

  1. (indefinite) a, one

Usage notes [edit]

The article un and its inflected forms unha,uns, and unhas all form contractions with the prepositions con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”).

Derived terms [edit]

Numeral [edit]

un m (feminine unha)

  1. (cardinal) one

Usage notes [edit]

The numeral un and its feminine form unha form contractions with the prepositions con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”).

Derived terms [edit]

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

un

  1. (transitive) to be bored of, to be fed up with, to be tired of

Derived terms [edit]

With verbal prefixes

Ido [edit]

Cardinal numeral [edit]

un

  1. one (1)

Interlingua [edit]

Article [edit]

un

  1. an, a

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. one

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From uno, from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Article [edit]

un m (see uno)

  1. an, a

Noun [edit]

un m (see uno)

  1. one

Adjective [edit]

un m (see uno)

  1. one

Pronoun [edit]

un m (see uno)

  1. one

Anagrams [edit]

Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French uns, from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Article [edit]

un m

  1. a / an (masculine indefinite article)

Coordinate terms [edit]

  • (gender): eune
  • (definiteness): lé

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. one

Coordinate terms [edit]

Latvian [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

un

  1. and

Louisiana Creole French [edit]

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. (cardinal) one

Middle French [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnus (“one”).

Article [edit]

un

  1. a, an

Noun [edit]

un m (invariable)

  1. one

Occitan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnus (“one”).

Article [edit]

un m (feminine una)

  1. a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnum, accusative singular of ūnus (“one”).

Article [edit]

un

  1. a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
  2. a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. one

Declension [edit]

Old French indefinite articles
Declension of the indefinite article un
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative uns une un unes
oblique un une uns unes

Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūnus.

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (Moldavian) ‎ун ‎(un)‎

Article [edit]

un (masculine and neuter indefinite article) (feminine o)

  1. a, an

Usage notes [edit]

un is also used as a cardinal number (see unu and una).

O is used for feminine nouns:

un bărbat - a man (masculine)
un vis - a dream (neuter)
o femeie - a woman (feminine)

Related terms [edit]

  • unu (used as a numeral/cardinal number)
  • unul (used as an indefinite pronoun)

See also [edit]

indefinite article forms singular plural
m / n f
nom/acc un o niște
gen/dat unui unei unor

Saterland Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Compare German und

Conjunction [edit]

un

  1. and

Sicilian [edit]

Article [edit]

un m sg.

  1. (indefinite) a, an
The Sicilian Indefinite Article
Masculine Feminine
Singular un, nu na

Usage notes [edit]

Un is never used before words starting with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian un

Spanish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

un m (apocopate, standard form uno)

  1. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one

Usage notes [edit]

The form un is only used before and within the noun phrase of the masculine singular noun that it modifies. In other positions, uno is used instead.

Article [edit]

un m (indefinite, plural unos, feminine una, feminine plural unas)

  1. a

Tatar [edit]

Numeral [edit]

un (Cyrillic spelling ун)

  1. ten

Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Turkic un, from Proto-Turkic *hūn.

Noun [edit]

un (definite accusative unu, plural unlar)

  1. flour

Declension [edit]

declension of un
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) un unlar
definite accusative (belirtme) unu unları
dative (yönelme) una unlara
locative (bulunma) unda unlarda
ablative (çıkma) undan unlardan
genitive (tamlayan) unun unların
possessive forms of un
nominative singular plural
benim (my) unum unlarım
senin (your) unun unların
onun (his/her/its) unu unları
bizim (our) unumuz unlarımız
sizin (your) ununuz unlarınız
onların (their) unları unları
accusative singular plural
benim (my) unumu unlarımı
senin (your) ununu unlarını
onun (his/her/its) ununu unlarını
bizim (our) unumuzu unlarımızı
sizin (your) ununuzu unlarınızı
onların (their) unlarını unlarını
dative singular plural
benim (my) unuma unlarıma
senin (your) ununa unlarına
onun (his/her/its) ununa unlarına
bizim (our) unumuza unlarımıza
sizin (your) ununuza unlarınıza
onların (their) unlarına unlarına
locative singular plural
benim (my) unumda unlarımda
senin (your) ununda unlarında
onun (his/her/its) ununda unlarında
bizim (our) unumuzda unlarımızda
sizin (your) ununuzda unlarınızda
onların (their) unlarında unlarında
ablative singular plural
benim (my) unumdan unlarımdan
senin (your) unundan unlarından
onun (his/her/its) unundan unlarından
bizim (our) unumuzdan unlarımızdan
sizin (your) ununuzdan unlarınızdan
onların (their) unlarından unlarından
genitive singular plural
benim (my) unumun unlarımın
senin (your) ununun unlarının
onun (his/her/its) ununun unlarının
bizim (our) unumuzun unlarımızın
sizin (your) ununuzun unlarınızın
onların (their) unlarının unlarının

Welsh [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (North Wales) IPA: [ɨːn]
  • (South Wales) IPA: [iːn]

Adjective [edit]

un

  1. only

Numeral [edit]

un

  1. one

Noun [edit]

un m (plural unau) 

  1. one, individual

Related terms [edit]

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