un

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See also UN, un-, -un, -un-, ün, and -ún-

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Representing non-standard pronunciation of one.

[edit] Noun

Singular
un

Plural
uns

un (plural uns)

  1. (dialectal) One.

[edit] Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primeru

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

[edit] Numeral

un or unu m. (feminine una)

  1. (cardinal) one

[edit] Breton

[edit] Article

un

  1. a/an

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ūnum (one), accusative form of ūnus (one)

[edit] Article

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

  1. an; the indefinite article

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Cardinal number

Catalan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primer
Catalan Wikipedia article on un

un m. adj. (feminine adjective una, masculine singular noun u, masculine plural noun uns)

  1. (cardinal) one

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Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives. When used as a noun, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts. An exception occurs in certain expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock) where the feminine noun hora (pl. hores) has been elided.

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[edit] Pronoun

un m. sg. (feminine una)

  1. one; indefinite pronoun

[edit] Chamorro

[edit] Etymology

Adjective and article from Spanish un.

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un

  1. one.

[edit] Article

un

  1. a, an.

[edit] Pronoun

un

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

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Article

un m. (plural des, negative de)

  1. an, a

[edit] Noun

un m.

  1. one

[edit] Pronoun

un m.

  1. one

[edit] Galician

Galician cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : un
    Ordinal : primeiro
Galician Wikipedia article on un

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

[edit] Article

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

  1. (indefinite) a, one

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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).

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[edit] Numeral

un m. (feminine unha)

  1. (cardinal) one

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Verb

un

  1. be bored

[edit] Ido

[edit] Cardinal number

un

  1. one (1)

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Article

un

  1. an, a

[edit] Adjective

un

  1. one

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin unus (one).

[edit] Article

un m. (see uno)

  1. an, a

[edit] Noun

un m. (see uno)

  1. one

[edit] Adjective

un m. (see uno)

  1. one

[edit] Pronoun

un m. (see uno)

  1. one

[edit] Latvian

[edit] Conjunction

un

  1. and

[edit] Lingua Franca Nova

[edit] Article

un

  1. an, a

[edit] Cardinal number

un

  1. one

[edit] Old French

[edit] Article

un

  1. nominative masculine plural of uns
  2. oblique masculine singular of uns

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin unus, una

indefinite article singular plural
m. / n. f. all
nom/acc un o nişte
gen/dat unui unei unor

[edit] Alternative spellings

  • (Moldavian) ун (un)

[edit] Article

un (masculine and neuter indefinite article)

  1. a, an

[edit] Usage notes

un is NOT 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)

[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Article

un m. sg.

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

[edit] Usage notes

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


[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

un m. (apocopate, standard form uno)

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

[edit] Usage notes

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.

[edit] Article

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

  1. a

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[edit] Alternative spellings

  • (Cyrillic) ун (un)

[edit] Cardinal number

un (cardinal)

  1. (cardinal) ten

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

un

  1. flour

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Adjective

un

  1. one, only

[edit] Noun

un m. (plural: unau)

  1. One, individual

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