by oneself

English

Prepositional phrase

by oneself

1. Alone; without assistance or help from others.

   I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.

   You ate the whole thing by yourself?

2. Alone, without another's company

   He sat by himself in the corner, waiting quietly.

3. (rare) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by,‎ oneself.

   He kept the gun by himself at all times.

Synonyms

• (alone): on one's own

Translations

without help

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ)

• Chuukese: pwisin
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: sjálvur
• Finnish: itse (fi), yksin (fi), itsekseen (fi)
• French: tout seul (fr)
• German: selbst (de), selbstständig (de)
• Hindi: अकेले (hi) (akele), अपने आप (apne āp)
• Hungarian: magától (hu), egyedül (hu)
• Icelandic: sjálfur (is) m
• Irish: i d'aonar
• Italian: da solo, da soli pl or m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 自分で (ja) (じぶんで, jibun de)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sam (pl), sam z siebie, samo- (pl) (prefix)
• Portuguese: sozinho (pt) m
• Russian: самостоя́тельно (ru) (samostojátelʹno), сам (ru) (sam) (adjective, with genders and numbers)
• Spanish: solo (es), por sí mismo
• Swedish: själv (sv) c, på egen hand (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: lấy (vi)

without company

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 一個人／一个人, 一个人 (jat¹ go³ jan⁴; jat¹ go³ jan^4-2; jat¹ go³ jan^4-1)

  Mandarin: 一個人／一个人 (zh) (yīgèrén), 一个人 (zh) (yī​gè​rén)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: einsamallur
• Finnish: yksin (fi), yksinään (fi), itsekseen (fi), yksikseen (fi)
• French: solo (fr), seul (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: alleine (de)
• Greek: μόνος (el) (mónos)
• Hebrew: בְּגַפּוֹ (he) m (begapó)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: egyedül (hu), magában, egymagában
• Icelandic: aleinn (is) m, einn (is) m
• Irish: leat féin
• Japanese: 一人で (ja) (ひとりで, hitori de)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: sozinho (pt), só (pt), por si só
• Russian: оди́н (ru) (odín) (adjective, with genders and numbers), в одино́чку (ru) (v odinóčku)
• Spanish: solo (es), a solas
• Swedish: ensam (sv), för sig själv
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: một mình (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tout seul (fr)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בְּעֶצֶם־… (b'étzem-...)
• (deprecated template usage) Icelandic: einn; aleinn; út af fyrir sig
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 一人で (ひとりで, hitori de)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sponte