one

Translingual

Signal flag for the digit 1

Etymology

From English one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwʌn]^[1]

Noun

one

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the digit 1.

   Synonym: unaone (ITU/IMO)

   • 1 definition

     The cardinal number one, a single thing or unit. (1 of 10 1 definitions)

   • Unaone definition

     ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the digit 1.

References

English

English numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: one     Ordinal: first     Latinate ordinal: primary     Adverbial: one time, once     Multiplier: onefold     Latinate multiplier: single     Distributive: singly     Collective: onesome     Multiuse collective: singlet     Greek or Latinate collective: monad     Greek collective prefix: mono-     Latinate collective prefix: uni-     Fractional: whole     Elemental: singlet     Greek prefix: proto-     Number of musicians: solo     Number of years: year

Alternative forms

• wone, o (both obsolete)
• (Arabic numeral): 1 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• (Roman numeral): I

Etymology 1

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 *óynos (“single, one”).

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. Doublet of a, an, and Uno.

Use as indefinite personal pronoun influenced by unrelated French on.^[1]

Verb form from Middle English onen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wʌn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /wan/, [wän]

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  • Homophone: won (Etymology 1)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒn/
  • Rhymes: -ɒn
  • Homophone: won (Etymologies 2 and 3)
• (US) enPR: wŭn, IPA^(key): /wʌn/

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  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophone: won (Etymology 1)
• (obsolete) enPR: ōn, IPA^(key): /oʊn/; (Early Modern English) IPA^(key): /ɔːn/

Around the 14th century, in southwest and western England, the word began to be pronounced with an initial /w/^[1][2] (compare e.g. woak, Middle English wocke, a dialectal form of oak),^[3] and the spellings won and wone began to be found alongside on, one;^[4] the /w/, though initially nonstandard, had become the norm by the 18th century.^[1] In alone, atone, and only,^[2] as well as in the dialectal form un, 'un^[1] (and in none and no),^[5] the older pronunciations without /w/ are preserved,^[1][2] while once shows the same /w/.

Numeral

one

1. The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

   In some religions, there is only one god.

   In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.

   One person, one vote.

   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

   • 1968, Harry Nilsson (lyrics and music), “One”, in Aerial Ballet:

     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

   • Number definition

     An abstract entity used to describe quantity. (1 of 16 number definitions)

   • Arabic Numeral definition

     Any of the ten symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 used to represent numbers.
2. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.

   • Number Theory definition

     The branch of pure mathematics concerned with the properties of integers.

   • First definition

     Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. (1 of 4 first definitions)

   • Positive definition

     Not negative or neutral. (1 of 24 positive definitions)

   • Natural Numbers definition

     The set of positive integers, {1, 2, 3, ...}. (1 of 2 natural numbers definitions)
3. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.

   • Set Theory definition

     The mathematical theory of sets. (1 of 2 set theory definitions)

   • Cardinality definition

     The number of elements a given set contains. (1 of 4 cardinality definitions)

   • Nonempty definition

     Not empty, containing something. (1 of 2 nonempty definitions)
4. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.

   • Mathematics definition

     An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. (1 of 2 mathematics definitions)

   • Ordinality definition

     The state or condition of being ordinal. (1 of 2 ordinality definitions)

   • Predecessor definition

     One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. (1 of 3 predecessor definitions)

   • Number One definition

     First; foremost; best, often used after its headword.

Synonyms

• yan, yen (Northumbria, Cumbria)

Derived terms

Related terms

• first (ordinal)
• none
• once
• onesome

Descendants

• Bahamian Creole: wan
• Belizean Creole: wan
• Bislama: wan
• Gullah: one
• Jamaican Creole: wan
• Nigerian Pidgin: wọ́n, wọn
• Sranan Tongo: wan
• Tok Pisin: wan
• → Atong (India): wan
• → Fanagalo: wan

Translations

Pronoun

one (reflexive oneself, possessive adjective one’s, plural ones)

1. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

   Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  Every one of the bank’s employees.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.

   • 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:

     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, […]

   • Indefinite definition

     Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. (1 of 5 indefinite definitions)

   • Member definition

     One who belongs to a group. (1 of 13 member definitions)

   • Loan definition

     An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. (1 of 4 loan definitions)
2. (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 one and left the other.

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations‎^[2]:

     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.

   • Other definition

     See other (determiner) below. (1 of 5 other definitions)
4. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

   Synonym: generic you

   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.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp‎^[3]:

     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.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎^[4]:

     ‘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.’

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     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 […].

   • 2013 September 6, Philip Hoare, “If we're all Martians, who are the aliens?”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 48:

     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.

   • Person definition

     An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. (1 of 13 person definitions)

   • Generic You definition

     The pronoun you, used to refer to an unspecified person or to people in general.
5. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

   "driver", noun: one who drives.

   • Entity definition

     That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. (1 of 6 entity definitions)

   • Thing definition

     That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. (1 of 24 thing definitions)

Usage notes

• See they § Usage notes.

Synonyms

• (unidentified person): you, they (in nominative personal case)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

one (plural ones)

1. The digit or figure 1.

   • Digit definition

     A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system. (1 of 9 digit definitions)

   • Figure definition

     A drawing or diagram conveying information. (1 of 16 figure definitions)
2. (by ellipsis) Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context
   1. (US) A one-dollar bill.

      I need some ones to make change.

   2. One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
      • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter 5, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 97:

        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.

      • 1853 September 17, “Metropolitan Hospitals & Medical Schools”, in The Lancet, volume 62, number 1568, →DOI, page 268:

        The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one.

      • 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:

        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.

   3. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
   4. A joke or amusing anecdote.

      Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?

   • Ellipsis definition

     A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them, " . . . ", or, more recently, a single character, "…", used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues (e.g., 1, ..., 4 means 1, 2, 3, 4). (1 of 5 ellipsis definitions)

   • Dollar definition

     Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $. (1 of 5 dollar definitions)

   • Bill definition

     Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. (1 of 5 bill definitions)

   • O'clock definition

     NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code word used with numerals up to twelve to indicate direction

   • Cricket definition

     (1 of 6 cricket definitions)

   • Run definition

     ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.

   • Ball definition

     A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. (1 of 25 ball definitions)

   • Wicket definition

     A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. (1 of 15 wicket definitions)

   • Single definition

     Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. (1 of 9 single definitions)

   • Joke definition

     An amusing story. (1 of 5 joke definitions)

   • Anecdote definition

     A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. (1 of 3 anecdote definitions)

   • Agnostic definition

     Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents. (1 of 4 agnostic definitions)

   • Dyslexic definition

     Of or pertaining to dyslexia. (1 of 2 dyslexic definitions)

   • Insomniac definition

     One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.
3. (followed by for) A person (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
   • 1905, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 55:

     Pause. They look meaningly at one another. / "You are a one for being roundabout," says the lady.

   • For definition

     Because, as, since.
4. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

   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.

   • 1995, Bryan Adams, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?:

     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

   • Special definition

     Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality. (1 of 8 special definitions)

   • Compatible definition

     Capable of easy interaction. (1 of 3 compatible definitions)
5. (dated) (euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
   • 1933 March 25, Dorothy Parker, “The Diary of a Lady”, in The New Yorker‎^[5], page 13:

     Finally got Ollie Martin. He couldn't have more poise, and what do I care if he is one?

   • Derogatory definition

     Disparaging. (1 of 5 derogatory definitions)

   • Gay definition

     ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gayo.
6. (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

   • Identity Element definition

     An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element. (1 of 4 identity element definitions)

   • Multiplication definition

     The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects. (1 of 3 multiplication definitions)

   • Ring definition

     A solid object in the shape of a circle.

     1. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. (1 of 25 ring definitions)
7. (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

   A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!1!?1!

   Someone help me; I'm always losing!?

   B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!

   Why don't you just go away loser!

   • 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet
   • 2004 November 9, "AWK sound recorder!!!11!!11one", in comp.lang.awk, Usenet
   • 2007 December 1, "STANFORD!!1!!1!one!11!!1oneone!1!1!", in rec.sport.football.college, Usenet

   • Internet definition

     The specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications.

   • Slang definition

     Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. (1 of 6 slang definitions)

   • Leetspeak definition

     A form of chatspeak characterized most strongly by its alphanumeric substitutions.

   • Sarcastic definition

     Containing sarcasm. (1 of 2 sarcastic definitions)

   • ! definition

     Denoting excitement, surprise, or shock.

     1. Expresses excitement, anger or other emotion. (1 of 10 ! definitions)

   • Shift definition

     A movement to do something, a beginning. (1 of 21 shift definitions)

Synonyms

• (mathematics: multiplicative identity): unity
• (US: one-dollar bill): single
• (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven

Translations

Adjective

one (not comparable)

1. 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.

   • 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:

     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.

2. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.

   My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."

   • Unspecified definition

     Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

   • A definition

     The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

   • Any definition

     language code for Anyin.
3. Sole, only.

   He is the one man who can help you.

   The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.

   • Sole definition

     Only. (1 of 4 sole definitions)

   • Only definition

     Alone in a category. (1 of 4 only definitions)
4. Whole, entire.

   Body and soul are not separate; they are one.

   • Whole definition

     Entire, undivided. (1 of 5 whole definitions)

   • Entire definition

     Whole; complete. (1 of 7 entire definitions)
5. In agreement.

   We are one on the importance of learning.

6. The same.

   The two types look very different, but are one species.

Determiner

one

1. Used for emphasis in place of a
   1. Being a preeminent example.

      He is one hell of a guy.

   2. 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”.

   • Preeminent definition

     Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.

   • Certain definition

     Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something. (1 of 8 certain definitions)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present ones, present participle oning, simple past and past participle oned)

1. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
   • c. 1382 (date written)​, Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “Boetius de consolatione Philosophie”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC:

     Toldyng of temporell ordinaunce, assembled and oned in the lokyng of the Divine thoughte

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1994, Christopher Nugent, Mysticism, Death and Dying, page 55:

     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.

   • 2000, Carolyn Baker, The Journey of Forgiveness: Fulfilling the Healing Process, page 145:

     And both shall be oned in eternal happiness.

   • 2003, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Mental Health and Spirituality in Later Life, page 83:

     Knit and oned to God human beings are irrevocably in relationship with the divine.

   • 2019, David Grieve, Love in Thin Places: Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain, page 43:

     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.

   • Unite definition

     To bring together as one. (1 of 2 unite definitions)

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

References

• “one”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• one on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Analogous to several senses of Min Nan 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 / --ê as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one; green ones”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /wʌn/, [wän˦], (at the end of sentences) [wän˦˧]

Particle

one (Singapore, Singlish)

1. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.

   Got almonds one. ― There are almonds in it.

   How come so heavy one? ― Why is it so heavy?

   • 2000 February 14, Patricia Mok, The Straits Times, Singapore, Life!, page 5:

     ‘My boyfriends very possessive one. They don’t allow me to wear clothes I want, do things I want,’ she laments.

   • 2004, Ethical Egoist, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     Why so special one?

   • Characteristics definition

     plural of characteristic

   • Got definition

     ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gothic.
2. Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.

   My friend send one. ― It was sent by my friend.

   Who say one? ― Who said so?

   • 2011, Singrish King, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     ooooooooooar! you own self admit one har! i never say one har!

   • Originator definition

     Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

   • Ownself definition

     (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.

   • Ah definition

     An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection. (1 of 2 ah definitions)
3. A nominalizer; used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.

   The sell fruits one went home already. ― The fruit seller went home.

   • Nominalizer definition

     Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.

   • Noun Phrase definition

     A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

   • Head definition

     The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. (1 of 68 head definitions)

Pronoun

one (Singapore, Singlish)

1. (relative, rare) Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.

   • Relative Pronoun definition

     A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. Some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: what, which, who, and whom. The other relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.

   • Relative Clause definition

     A subordinate clause that modifies a noun.

See also

• (Singlish and Manglish particles): ah, hor, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, sia, what

References

• Wong, Jock (2005), “"Why you so Singlish one?" A semantic and cultural interpretation of the Singapore English particle one”, in Language in Society, volume 34, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 239-275
• Chow, Siew Yeng; Bond, Francis (2022), “Singlish Where Got Rules One? Constructing a Computational Grammar for Singlish”, in Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation‎^[6], pages 5243-5250

Anagrams

• EON, NEO, NOE, Neo, Noe, eno-, eon, neo, neo-

Aiwoo

Verb

one

1. to hunt

   • Hunt definition

     To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. (1 of 8 hunt definitions)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ne/

Noun

one

1. sand

   • Sand definition

     Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

     1. A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
     2. A beach or other mass of sand. (1 of 11 sand definitions)

Japanese

Romanization

one

1. Rōmaji transcription of おね

   • Romaji definition

     A representation of Japanese in Latin script.

   • おね definition

     尾根: a mountain ridge

Kustenau

Noun

one

1. water

   • Water definition

     (1 of 20 water definitions)

References

• Anales: Sección historico-filosófica (Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo), volume 1 (2), part 1

Mangarevan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. beach

   • Beach definition

     The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. (1 of 5 beach definitions)
2. sand, mud

   • Mud definition

     A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment. (1 of 12 mud definitions)
3. soil, earth

   • Soil definition

     A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. (1 of 7 soil definitions)

   • Earth definition

     (1 of 2 earth definitions)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Preposition

one

1. Alternative form of on

   • On definition

     In the state of being active, functioning or operating. (1 of 11 on definitions)

Adverb

one

1. Alternative form of on (“on”)

Etymology 2

Numeral

one

1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 3

Adverb

one

1. Alternative form of on (“singly”)

Etymology 4

Noun

one (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hone (“delay”)

   • Hone definition

     A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. (1 of 2 hone definitions)

Etymology 5

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present oneth, present participle onende, onynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle oned)

1. Alternative form of onen

   • Onen definition

     one

Etymology 6

Verb

one (third-person singular simple present an, present participle onende, first-/third-person singular past indicative oðe, past participle onen)

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of unnen

   • Unnen definition

     to grant; to bestow (1 of 3 unnen definitions)

Etymology 7

Noun

one (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wone (“course”)

   • Wone definition

     To live, reside, stay.

Etymology 8

Noun

one (plural ones)

1. Alternative form of oven

   • Oven definition

     A chamber used for baking or heating. (1 of 2 oven definitions)

Etymology 9

Adjective

one

1. Alternative form of owen

   • Owen definition

     yes

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand
2. gunpowder

   • Gunpowder definition

     An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks. (1 of 2 gunpowder definitions)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēnu (“without”). Cognates include Old Saxon āno and Old Dutch *āna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːne/

Preposition

one

1. except

   • Except definition

     To exclude; to specify as being an exception. (1 of 2 except definitions)

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.nɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛ
• Syllabification: o‧ne

Pronoun

one pl

1. nominative plural of ona; they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men

   • Ona definition

     dative of o

   • They definition

     (1 of 7 they definitions)

Declension

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Further reading

• one in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• one in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒne/
• Hyphenation: o‧ne

Pronoun

òne (Cyrillic spelling о̀не)

1. they (nominative plural of òna (“she”)); nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men
2. masculine plural accusative of onaj

   • Onaj definition

     that, that one (farther away than denoted by tȃj) (1 of 3 onaj definitions)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀ːnɛ/

Pronoun

óne

1. they (feminine plural, more than two)

Inflection

Forms between parentheses indicate clitic forms; the main forms are used for emphasis.

See also

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ne/

Noun

one

1. sand
2. dust

   • Dust definition

     Fine particles

     1. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
     2. Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
     3. A single particle of earth or other material.

     (1 of 13 dust definitions)

References

• “one” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tikopia

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone (“sand”). Cognates include Hawaiian one and Samoan one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ne/
• Hyphenation: o‧ne

Noun

one

1. beach of sand
2. gunpowder

Derived terms

• oneone

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎^[7], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 38

Tuamotuan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qone, from Proto-Austronesian *qənay.

Noun

one

1. sand

Volapük

Pronoun

one

1. (dative singular of on) to it

   • To definition

     ISO 639-1 language code for Tongan.

   • It definition

     ISO 639-1 language code for Italian.