PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of a period of time, being particular.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(not-comparable) Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
(not-comparable) Sole, only.
The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.
He is the one man who can help you.
(not-comparable) Whole, entire.
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
(not-comparable) In agreement.
We are one on the importance of learning.
(not-comparable) The same.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
A single.
There was one box of biscuits available.
Used for emphasis in place of a. ▸ Being a preeminent example.
He is one hell of a guy.
Used for emphasis in place of a. ▸ Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also “a certain”.
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
oneself (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-up (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-man (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one time (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-sixth (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · off-by-one error (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · the one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-shot (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · Big One (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · all-in-one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-to-many (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one of those things (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-two (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · onefold (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-bar prison (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one engine in steam (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-to-one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-on-one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-horse race (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · this one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-third (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one of these fine days (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one and only (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · that one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-hit kill (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · onehood (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · all one (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · only (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · oneness (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one or two (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one love (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · at one time (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one-horse town (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · onehead (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one) · one must give to get (Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one)
pl niejaki (being an unknown person with the specified name) · fr un certain (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl de (a single, unspecified thing) · sk jedno (whole, entire) · sco ae (a single, unspecified thing) · sco ae (sole, only) · fa یک ...ـی (being an unknown person with the specified name) · da en (of a period of time) · nl eens (of a period of time) · sk jedného (of a period of time) · ru оди́н (sole, only) · da ener (being a preeminent example) · ru тот са́мый (sole, only) · sv ett (of a period of time) · nl een zekere (being an unknown person with the specified name) · pt único (sole, only) · sv en (of a period of time) · fa تنها (sole, only) · hi एक (being an unknown person with the specified name) · vi một (whole, entire) · sw moja (of a period of time) · da en og samme (the same) · sk jeden (the same) · prg āins (sole, only) · ru еди́нственный (sole, only) · ml ഒന്ന് (the same) · ca u (whole, entire) · sk jeden (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl het ene (a single, unspecified thing) · da det ene (sole, only) · vi bà (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl één (the same) · ko 오직 (sole, only) · sv enad (in agreement) · hy մի (sole, only) · pl jedyny (sole, only) · id setuju (in agreement) · pt algum (a single, unspecified thing) · it un certo (being an unknown person with the specified name) · fa موافق (in agreement) · de eine gewisse (being an unknown person with the specified name) · hi एक (of a period of time) · fr une (a single, unspecified thing) · sk jediný (sole, only) · fr un (a single, unspecified thing) · da enet (in agreement) · sco ane (in agreement) · nl op een (of a period of time) · nl één (a single, unspecified thing) · ca un (being an unknown person with the specified name) · fi eräänä (of a period of time) · es un (of a period of time) · ast una (a single, unspecified thing) · sco ae (the same) · pl pewien (of a period of time) · id suatu (of a period of time) · fa ـی (being an unknown person with the specified name) · hi अनुकूल (in agreement) · ml ഒന്ന് (whole, entire) · ast un (a single, unspecified thing) · da den (sole, only) · vi thằng (being an unknown person with the specified name) · sco ae (of a period of time) · da den (a single, unspecified thing) · ml ഒരു (a single, unspecified thing) · ki mwe (a single, unspecified thing) · fi ainoa (sole, only) · sw moja (whole, entire) · sk celok (whole, entire) · ja たった一つの (sole, only) · ca mateix (the same) · hi मुवाफिक (in agreement) · fa ـی (of a period of time) · sk jeden (being a preeminent example) · de eins (whole, entire) · ast una (of a period of time) · ko 유일한 (sole, only) · ca un (being a preeminent example) · es único (sole, only) · sco haill (whole, entire) · nl ene (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl één (whole, entire) · hi एक (the same) · da en (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl ooit (of a period of time) · fa واحد (whole, entire) · hi हर (a single, unspecified thing) · ca un (a single, unspecified thing) · vi một (of a period of time) · hy մի (of a period of time) · vi cùng (the same) · sv enda (sole, only) · nl een (being a preeminent example) · ml ഒറ്റ (sole, only) · nl enige (sole, only) · ca un (of a period of time) · da et (of a period of time) · sk za jedno (in agreement) · it un tale (being an unknown person with the specified name) · fi yksi (whole, entire) · ko 어느 (a single, unspecified thing) · nl ene (sole, only) · ast unu (whole, entire) · he ואחד (being a preeminent example) · sw moja (a single, unspecified thing) · sk hociktorý (a single, unspecified thing) · de ein (a single, unspecified thing) · fi yksi (the same) · da eneste (sole, only) · ast un (of a period of time) · da en (whole, entire) · de ein gewisser (being an unknown person with the specified name) · vi ông (being an unknown person with the specified name) · fi yksi (a single, unspecified thing) · da det ene (a single, unspecified thing) · pt um (whole, entire) · fa هر (a single, unspecified thing) · fa یک (of a period of time) · gl un (of a period of time) · it un (being a preeminent example) · ja ただ一つの (sole, only) · hi माफिक (in agreement) · sv endaste (sole, only) · fi eräs (a single, unspecified thing) · fi kunnon (being a preeminent example) · ca u (in agreement) · pt um (of a period of time) · fi yhtä mieltä (in agreement) · ast solu (sole, only) · ki mwe (sole, only) · es un (a single, unspecified thing) · ca únic (sole, only) · ml ഒരു (of a period of time) · fa یک (the same) · hy մի (a single, unspecified thing) · ko 한 (of a period of time) · ast ún (whole, entire) · pt algum (of a period of time) · da et (whole, entire) · hi तनहा (sole, only) · sw moja (sole, only) · sco ae (being a preeminent example) · sat ᱮᱠᱚ (sole, only) · id kesatuan (whole, entire) · ast únicu (sole, only) · sco ane (being an unknown person with the specified name) · vi duy nhất (sole, only) · sco ane (whole, entire) · de eine (a single, unspecified thing) · vi nào đó (a single, unspecified thing) · zza yewın (of a period of time) · fi eräs (being an unknown person with the specified name) · nl dezelfde (the same) · hi मुनासिब (in agreement)
PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
The digit or figure 1.
This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers. 2024 January 4, Matthew Sparkes, “First working graphene semiconductor could lead to faster computers”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2024, retrieved 18 Jan 2024:
(US, qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ A one-dollar bill.
I need some ones to make change.
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one. 1853 September 17, “Metropolitan Hospitals & Medical Schools”, in The Lancet, volume 62, number 1568, →DOI, page 268:
It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 5, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 97:
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ A joke or amusing anecdote.
Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ A question.
You already know, so you can answer that one yourselves
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
There’s nothing better than drinking a cold one when the weather’s boiling outside
I had a quick one after work
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context ▸ An act of sexual intercourse.
Just a quick one before work
A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
Well, well, well, it seems the silent one does have a voice, after all.
Now, he's a curious one.
That's the one to watch if you want to win.
(followed by for) A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). ▸ A person with a tendency to do something.
Pause. They look meaningly at one another. / "You are a one for being roundabout," says the lady. 1905, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 55:
He's not one for pulling his punches.
(archaic, endearing, ironic, qualifier:following an adjective) A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). ▸ A term of address.
Oh, most merciful one!
Hey, sleepy one.
(colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
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 1995, Bryan Adams, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?:
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.
(dated, derogatory, euphemistic) A gay person.
Finally got Ollie Martin. He couldn't have more poise, and what do I care if he is one? 1933 March 25, Dorothy Parker, “The Diary of a Lady”, in The New Yorker, page 13:
The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
(Internet, Leet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing “1”.
gl un (digit or figure) · ru едини́ца (digit or figure) · sh jedìnica (digit or figure) · sh једѝница (digit or figure) · it biglietto di un dollaro (dollar bill) · cs jednodolarovka (dollar bill) · nl eendollarsbiljet (dollar bill) · ast un (digit or figure) · nl één (neutral element in multiplication) · da ener (digit or figure) · ko 1달러 지폐 (dollar bill) · fi ykkönen (neutral element in multiplication) · sv etta (neutral element in multiplication) · oc un (digit or figure) · sv endollarsedel (dollar bill) · lt vienetas (digit or figure) · pt um (digit or figure) · fur un (digit or figure) · bcl saro (digit or figure) · vi số một (digit or figure) · fr un (digit or figure) · cs jednička (digit or figure) · hy մեկ (digit or figure) · eo unu (digit or figure) · mk единица (digit or figure) · csm kéŋ·e- (digit or figure) · pdc eens (digit or figure) · da ener (neutral element in multiplication) · br ur bilhed m un dollar (dollar bill) · vi một (digit or figure) · nv tʼááłáʼí béeso (dollar bill) · hi एक (digit or figure) · hi वाहिद (neutral element in multiplication) · gcf yonn (digit or figure) · it uno (digit or figure) · apw dáła'á (digit or figure) · ia uno (digit or figure) · ja 一 ワン (digit or figure) · el ένα (neutral element in multiplication) · fr billet d’un dollar (dollar bill) · da ettal (digit or figure) · fa واحد (neutral element in multiplication) · ps يو (digit or figure) · ja 一ドル紙幣 (dollar bill) · bg един долар (dollar bill) · fi dollarin seteli (dollar bill) · zza jık (cricket: single) · fi ykkönen (digit or figure) · da endollarseddel (dollar bill) · skd keŋ·eH- (digit or figure) · tpi wan (digit or figure) · ro unu (digit or figure) · af een (digit or figure) · tl isa (digit or figure) · hu egyes (digit or figure) · br unan (digit or figure) · fa یک (digit or figure) · zza jew (diq) (digit or figure) · es uno (digit or figure) · be адзі́нка (neutral element in multiplication) · de Eins (digit or figure) · ja 一ドル札 (dollar bill) · vi tờ đô (dollar bill) · sd هِڪُ (digit or figure) · ru едини́ца (neutral element in multiplication) · nl eenheid (neutral element in multiplication) · pl jednodolarówka (dollar bill) · sv etta (digit or figure) · ml ഒന്ന് (digit or figure) · nl eendollarbiljet (dollar bill) · ca u (digit or figure) · tr bir (digit or figure) · nl één (digit or figure) · gl unha (digit or figure) · hi एक (neutral element in multiplication) · cst hemetca (digit or figure) · fi yksi (neutral element in multiplication) · sv endollarssedel (dollar bill) · cmn 一 (digit or figure) · ckb یەک (digit or figure) · da én (neutral element in multiplication) · da et (neutral element in multiplication) · be адзі́нка (digit or figure) · cy un (digit or figure) · sk jednotka (digit or figure) · ki ĩmwe (digit or figure) · ur ایک (digit or figure) · pl jedynka (digit or figure) · es ser de (person with a tendency to do something)
PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do / Two can be as bad as one / It's the loneliest number since the number one 1968, Harry Nilsson, “One”, in Aerial Ballet:
Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen. 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
In some religions, there is more than one god.
In 1964, Dupuy developed the “Theoretical Lethality Index” (TLI), which calculated the lethal capacity of weapons across time. The TLI table showed how many persons a soldier with a weapon could theoretically kill in one hour. 2021 October 20, Jennifer Tucker, “Now that guns can kill hundreds in minutes, Supreme Court should rethink the rights question”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022:
A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable. 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Wedding”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:
One person, one vote.
The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
niu taha (cardinal number 1) · bjn asa (cardinal number 1) · gl un (cardinal number 1) · ko 하나 (cardinal number 1) · sn poshi (cardinal number 1) · cof mãka (cardinal number 1) · pcm wọ́n (cardinal number 1) · khb ᦓᦹᧂᧈ (cardinal number 1) · sat ᱢᱤᱫ (cardinal number 1) · tet ida (cardinal number 1) · vo bal (cardinal number 1) · xh inye (cardinal number 1) · yai ӣ (cardinal number 1) · tab саб (cardinal number 1) · lkt waŋží (cardinal number 1) · mrc shent (cardinal number 1) · ttj emu (cardinal number 1) · wau pawã (cardinal number 1) · chk eu (cardinal number 1) · tfn ts'ełq'i (cardinal number 1) · wyi ganbu (cardinal number 1) · lij ûn (cardinal number 1) · shy yicht (cardinal number 1) · stq een (cardinal number 1) · kmr yek (cardinal number 1) · tk bir (cardinal number 1) · peo 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (cardinal number 1) · ain シネ (cardinal number 1) · bej gaal (cardinal number 1) · la ūnus (cardinal number 1) · zu nye (cardinal number 1) · jv sitok (cardinal number 1) · mn ᠑ (cardinal number 1) · is einn (cardinal number 1) · fj dua (cardinal number 1) · zu dwa (cardinal number 1) · ik 𝋁) (cardinal number 1) · jje ᄒᆞᆫ (cardinal number 1) · eya LinhGih (cardinal number 1) · cdy jit⁷ (cardinal number 1) · ia un (cardinal number 1) · tig ሐቴ (cardinal number 1) · de aas (cardinal number 1) · sco ae (cardinal number 1) · ae 𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀 (cardinal number 1) · cni apaani (cardinal number 1) · wa onk (cardinal number 1) · zea eêne (cardinal number 1) · haw kahi (cardinal number 1) · lnj pim (cardinal number 1) · mg iray (cardinal number 1) · mas nabo (cardinal number 1) · luy ndala (cardinal number 1) · isd isa (cardinal number 1) · yag koli (cardinal number 1) · de eins (cardinal number 1) · csi kénne (cardinal number 1) · wuu 一 (cardinal number 1) · crh bir (cardinal number 1) · lou unn (cardinal number 1) · nso tee (Sepedi) (cardinal number 1) · aln ni (cardinal number 1) · brh asiŧ (cardinal number 1) · lv viens (cardinal number 1) · lmw kénne (cardinal number 1) · jv siji (cardinal number 1) 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vif mueke (cardinal number 1) · yo ọ̀kan (cardinal number 1) · am አንድ (cardinal number 1) · sm tasi (cardinal number 1) · ss -nyé (cardinal number 1) · chk echö (cardinal number 1) · gor oinda (cardinal number 1) · xto sas (cardinal number 1) · ik atausriq (cardinal number 1) · mi tahi (cardinal number 1) · jra sa (cardinal number 1)
PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
(impersonal, indefinite, pronoun) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
Can I borrow an eraser? — Sorry pal, I haven't got one.
Which happies thoſe that pay the willing lone; / That's for thy ſelfe to breed an other thee / Or ten times happier be it ten for one,[…] 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 6”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Every one of the bank’s employees.
A good driver is one who drives carefully.
He's not one to pull his punches.
She's never been one for the quick comeback.
Any one of the boys.
(impersonal, pronoun, sometimes, with “the”) The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.
I am one of the few women who've climbed Everest.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
(indefinite, personal, pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
My neighbor talks to one like a teacher.
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…] — all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
One has to admire the sheer optimism of modern science: I love the fact that there is such a discipline as astrobiology, whose practitioners' task is to imagine what life might be like on other planets. Yet here on the home planet we have profoundly strange aliens of our own. 2013 September 6, Philip Hoare, “If we're all Martians, who are the aliens?”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, page 48:
nds me (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · sk ten (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ba булмай (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · pl ktoś (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · gd fear (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · nb man (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi mình (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · es se (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · nds Eene (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ar اَلْمَرْء (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · nds äiner (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · nl men (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fr une (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ru ты (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi người ta (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · eo oni (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · cy un (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · es uno (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · fa ـه (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · scn unu (impersonal pronoun; the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other) · eo oni (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ml ഒന്ന് (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · sv man (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fr l'un (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · vi ai (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · it una (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · io onu (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fr on (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ba кеше (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · es una (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ast uno (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · fa کسی (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · hi आदम (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ca un (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ba була (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · mk човек (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ru нельзя́ (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · nl je (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ja 自分 (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fi jokin (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · hu egyik (impersonal pronoun; the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other) · sw moja (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · nl ze (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · hi वो (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ca un (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ms seseorang (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · sv en (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ru xotétʹsja (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ja だれでも (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · zh 人人 (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · da en (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fr un (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · zh 自己 (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ja の (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · de man (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi loại (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · yue 人 (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · enm oon (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ru ну́жно (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fi sometimes joku (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · zh 的 (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ba ярамай (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ro se (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · gl unha (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ga ceann (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ro una (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ml ഒരാൾ (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ro unul (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · gd tè (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · hi ये (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · fi yksi (impersonal pronoun; the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other) · ba берәү (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · de einer (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · nn ein (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ba кәрәк (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fi toinen (impersonal pronoun; the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other) · es uno (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · hi एक (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ru челове́к (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · oc òm (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · gl un (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · gl un (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fr l'une (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ba expressed by an izafa form (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ja 人 (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · enm man (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · sco a bodie (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · hu az ember (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · sco ane (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · gd neach (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · scn una (impersonal pronoun; the first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other) · vo oy (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · nds einer (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi ta (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ast una (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ast ún m ~ unu (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · it uno (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ms yang (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · gd duine (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · mk човека (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · gl unha (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ga duine (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ca hom (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · oc eles (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · ba etc. (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · sk človek (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fa یکی (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · da én (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · enm me (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vo oy (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi cái (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · ro unul (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · nb en (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fi generally not used (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · mhn men (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · da man (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · fa آدم (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · vi thứ (impersonal pronoun; one thing or person) · es se (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general) · la homo (indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general)
PIE word
*h₁óynos
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Middle English on
English one
From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.
Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
Verb form from Middle English onen.
Meanings
(transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
And both shall be oned in eternal happiness. 2000, Carolyn Baker, The Journey of Forgiveness: Fulfilling the Healing Process, page 145:
What might be if we were Oned? United, as we would say, but at a greater depth than being a season ticket holder in a football club, or a shareholder in some conglomerate. 2019, David Grieve, Love in Thin Places: Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain, page 43:
Knit and oned to God human beings are irrevocably in relationship with the divine. 2003, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life, page 83:
The question, of course, evokes discernment, not dogma, but we should note that the "unknowing" involves intellectual knowledge, whereas the problematic of being "oned" involves experiential knowledge. 1994, Christopher Nugent, Mysticism, Death and Dying, page 55:
[wɐn(˦˧)~wän(˦˧)] (Singapore) at the end of sentences, before a pause
[wɐn(˦)~wän(˦)] (Singapore)
/wʌn/ (Singapore)
Etymology
Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個／个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的 (de) or 個 /个 (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).
Meanings
(Manglish, Singlish) Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
“There is no such thing as president of the world. But there is one king of the world. I am king of the world. Bigger than you!”
“Where got king, one? Who say so? You play cheat.”
“My mother say got. You don’t believe me you ask her.” 2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
Need to take train one.
For me, I’m very drama one lah. I just want it to be very big, and to display our theatrics. 2023 June 27, Syarafana Shafeeq, quoting Royston Tan, “NDP 2023: Film-maker Royston Tan wants to correct ‘small regret’ in 2nd outing as creative director”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023:
These fish, ah, anything also eat one. Small fish, each other, anything you throw in also they take. 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Singapore Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 89:
Why so special one? 2004, Ethical Egoist, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
Actually when she said don’t need to go hospital I was less worried already, don’t have to stay in hospital means not so serious one. 2014, Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 1961:
Can one, why cannot?
How come so heavy one ah?
Only sweet hands can draw sweet water, you know that. If I take the water myself, sure salty one. 2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 9, page 62:
'My boyfriends very possessive one. They don't allow me to wear clothes I want, do things I want,' she laments. 2000 February 14, Patricia Mok, The Straits Times (Life! section), Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, page 5:
When I was a kid, kena rotan also cannot learn one but when I had peace of mind, it was easy. 2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
Got almonds one.
(Manglish, Singlish) Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
ooooooooooar! you own self admit one har! i never say one har! 2011, Singrish King, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
Who say one?
He ask one, not I ask one.
My friend send one.
(Manglish, Singlish) Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
Can easily get lost one, know?
(Manglish, Singlish) A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
The sell fruits one go home already.
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wone
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one en · PRON · etymology 2
Pronunciation
[wɐn(˦˧)~wän(˦˧)] (Singapore) at the end of sentences, before a pause
[wɐn(˦)~wän(˦)] (Singapore)
/wʌn/ (Singapore)
Etymology
Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個／个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的 (de) or 個 /个 (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).
Meanings
(Manglish, Singlish, uncommon) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
The bird that make a lot of noise one is gone already.