Word: one Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 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 an. 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. 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. Pronunciation: /wʌn/, /wɒn/, /wɐn/, [wän], /oʊn/ 1. The digit or figure 1. Example: 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. 2. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Labels: US Example: I need some ones to make change. 3. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Example: 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. Example: The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one. 4. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context 5. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Example: Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac? 6. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Example: You already know, so you can answer that one yourselves 7. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Example: I had a quick one after work Example: There’s nothing better than drinking a cold one when the weather’s boiling outside 8. Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context Example: Just a quick one before work 9. A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). Example: Now, he's a curious one. Example: Well, well, well, it seems the silent one does have a voice, after all. 10. A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). Example: He's not one for pulling his punches. Example: Pause. They look meaningly at one another. / "You are a one for being roundabout," says the lady. 11. A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute). Labels: archaic, endearing, ironic Example: Oh, most merciful one! Example: Hey, sleepy one. 12. A particularly special or compatible person or thing. Labels: colloquial Example: I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month. Example: That car's the one — I'll buy it. 13. A gay person. Labels: dated, derogatory, euphemistic Example: Finally got Ollie Martin. He couldn't have more poise, and what do I care if he is one? 14. The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring. 15. 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". Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, sarcastic Example: A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!1!?1! Example: B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!