one
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
enpr: wŭn
ipa: /wʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: won (etymology 1)
enpr: wŏn
ipa: /wɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
homophone: wan
homophone: won (etymologies 2 and 3)
ipa: /wɐn/
ipa: [wän]
enpr: ōn
ipa: /oʊn/
ipa: /ɔːn/
ipa: /uːn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: own (toe–tow merger)
note: Tanglish, Kerala
ipa: /(w)ɵn/
Forms: form: wone
form: 1
form: I
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁óynos
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”).
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.
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.
Senses: examples: text: There was one box of biscuits available.
antonyms: zero#Determiner
no#Determiner
;
a few#Determiner
a couple of
a handful of
several#Determiner
;
multiple#Determiner
various#Determiner
;
many#Determiner
numerous#Determiner
;
countless#Determiner
hypernyms: any#Determiner
some#Determiner
glosses: A single.
examples: text: He is one hell of a guy.
glosses: Used for emphasis in place of a
Being a preeminent example.
examples: text: The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
glosses: Used for emphasis in place of a
Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: all-in-one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: all one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: at one time
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: Big One
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: off-by-one error
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one and only
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one engine in steam
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: onefold
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: onehead
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-hit kill
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: onehood
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-horse race
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-horse town
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-man
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: oneness
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one of those things
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-on-one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one or two
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: oneself
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-shot
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-sixth
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-third
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one time
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-to-many
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-to-one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-two
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: one-up
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: only
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: that one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: the one
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, numeral, determiner, or pronoun one
word: this one