e pluribus unum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ē plūribus ūnum.

Proverb

e pluribus unum

1. "out of many, one" or "from many, one" (alternatively translated as "one out of many" or "one from many”)

Usage notes

• A de facto national motto of the United States of America until 1956 and still a traditional albeit unofficial one.

Translations

e pluribus unum

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合眾為一／合众为一 (zh) (hé zhòng wéi yī)

• Czech: z mnohých jeden
• Finnish: monesta yksi
• French: un à partir de plusieurs, de plusieurs, un
• German: aus vielen eines
• Japanese: 多数から一つへ (たすうからひとつへ, tasū-kara hitotsu-e)
• Latin: ē plūribus ūnum
• Polish: z wielu jeden
• Romanian: una din multe
• Russian: из мно́гих — еди́ное n (iz mnógix — jedínoje), еди́нственный из мно́гих m (jedínstvennyj iz mnógix)
• Serbo-Croatian: iz mnogih jedan