Wiktionary

one

See also: ȫne, ʻone, -one, 'one, and оне

TranslingualEdit

 
Signal flag for the digit 1

EtymologyEdit

From English one.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

one

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the digit 1.
    Synonym: unaone (ITU/IMO)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, retrieved 23 January 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

EnglishEdit

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 formsEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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). Doublet of a, an, and Uno.

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

Verb form from Middle English onen.

PronunciationEdit

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/.

NumeralEdit

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.
  2. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
  3. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
  4. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
SynonymsEdit
  • yan, yen (Northumbria, Cumbria)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See one/translations § Numeral.

PronounEdit

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.
  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.
  4. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
    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.
    Synonym: generic you
    • 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[2]:
      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[3]:
      ‘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.
  5. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
    "driver", noun: one who drives.
Usage notesEdit
SynonymsEdit
  • (unidentified person): you, they (in nominative personal case)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit

one (plural ones)

  1. The digit or figure 1.
  2. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
  3. (US) A one-dollar bill.
  4. One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, 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.
  5. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
  6. A joke or amusing anecdote.
    Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
  7. (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
  8. (dated) (euphemistic or derogatory) A gay person.
    • 1933 March 25, Dorothy Parker, “The Diary of a Lady”, in The New Yorker‎[4], page 13:
      Finally got Ollie Martin. He couldn't have more poise, and what do I care if he is one?
  9. (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
SynonymsEdit
  • (mathematics: multiplicative identity): unity
  • (US: one-dollar bill): single
  • (sarcastic substitution for !): 1, eleven
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit

one (not comparable)

  1. Of a period of time, being particular.
    • 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.
    One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
  2. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
    My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."
  3. Sole, only.
    He is the one man who can help you.
    The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.
  4. Whole, entire.
    Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
  5. In agreement.
    We are one on the importance of learning.
  6. The same.
    The two types look very different, but are one species.
  7. Being a preeminent example.
    He is one hell of a guy.
  8. 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”.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, or pronoun one
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit

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
    • 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.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “one”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 atone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  3. ^ Christopher Upward, George Davidson, The History of English Spelling (2011), section "O"
  4. ^ Middle English Dictionary: "ō̆n"
  5. ^ Oliver Farrer Emerson, the History of the English Language (1921), page 314

Etymology 2Edit

Analogous to Min Nan or Mandarin 的 (--ê / de, declarative particle). Its connection to English one remains unclear.

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

one

  1. (Singlish) Placed after a proposition for emphasis.
    Got almonds one. ― There are almonds in it.
    This ride very scary one. ― This ride is really scary.
    How come so heavy one? ― Why is it so heavy?
    • 2004, Ethical Egoist, soc.culture.singapore, Usenet:
      Why so special one?

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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, →DOI, pages 239-275

AnagramsEdit

AiwooEdit

VerbEdit

one

  1. to hunt

ReferencesEdit

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

one

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おね

KustenauEdit

NounEdit

one

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

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

MangarevanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. beach
  2. sand, mud
  3. soil, earth

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PrepositionEdit

one

  1. Alternative form of on

AdverbEdit

one

  1. Alternative form of on (“on”)

Etymology 2Edit

NumeralEdit

one

  1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 3Edit

AdverbEdit

one

  1. Alternative form of on (“singly”)

Etymology 4Edit

NounEdit

one (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hone (“delay”)

Etymology 5Edit

VerbEdit

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

Etymology 6Edit

VerbEdit

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

Etymology 7Edit

NounEdit

one (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“course”)

Etymology 8Edit

NounEdit

one (plural ones)

  1. Alternative form of oven

Etymology 9Edit

AdjectiveEdit

one

  1. Alternative form of owen

NiueanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand
  2. gunpowder

Old FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

one

  1. except

ReferencesEdit

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

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ony.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

one pl

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of one
npers pl
nominative one
genitive ich/nich
dative im
accusative je/nie
instrumental nimi
locative nich
vocative —

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

RarotonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
vocative — — — — — —
locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

óne

  1. they (feminine plural, more than two)

InflectionEdit

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

Declension of one (irregular, suppletive)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative òn ôna ôno
accusative njêga (ga, -nj) njó (jo, -njo) njêga (ga, -nj)
genitive njêga (ga) njé (je) njêga (ga)
dative njêmu (mu) njéj, njèj, njì (ji) njêmu (mu)
locative njêm njéj, njèj, njì njêm
instrumental njím njó njím
possessive njegôv, njegòv njén njegôv, njegòv
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ônadva ônidve, onédve ônidve, onédve
accusative njíju (ju, -nju) or plural njíju (ju, -nju) or plural njíju (ju, -nju) or plural
genitive njíju (ju) or plural njíju (ju) or plural njíju (ju) or plural
dative njíma (jima) njíma (jima) njíma (jima)
locative njíju or plural njíju or plural njíju or plural
instrumental njíma njíma njíma
possessive njún njún njún
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ôni ône ôna
accusative njìh (jih, -nje) njìh (jih, -nje) njìh (jih, -nje)
genitive njìh (jih) njìh (jih) njìh (jih)
dative njìm (jim) njìm (jim) njìm (jim)
locative njìh njìh njìh
instrumental njími njími njími
possessive njíhov njíhov njíhov

See alsoEdit

Slovene personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person m jaz midva mi
f medve, midve me
2nd person familiar m ti vidva vi
f vedve, vidve ve
polite m vi vidva vi
f vi vedve, vidve ve
3rd person m on onadva oni
f ona onedve, onidve one
n ono onedve, onidve ona

TahitianEdit

FWOTD – 20 July 2013

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

one

  1. sand
  2. dust

ReferencesEdit

TikopiaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

TokelauanEdit

 
Te one (1).
 
Te one (2).

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. beach of sand
  2. gunpowder

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 38

TuamotuanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

one

  1. sand

VolapükEdit

PronounEdit

one

  1. (dative singular of on) to it
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