Meaning

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

    Any one of the boys.

    Every one of the bank’s employees.

  2. (impersonal, pronoun, sometimes)The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

    She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.

    I am one of the few women who've climbed Everest.

  3. (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.

    My neighbor talks to one like a teacher.

    man, einer

    челове́кčelovék, ну́жноnúžno, нельзя́nelʹzjá

  4. (pronoun)Any person, entity or thing.

    "driver", noun: one who drives.

  5. (Manglish, Singlish, uncommon)Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.

    The bird that make a lot of noise one is gone already.

Examples

36636 sentences
  1. There's no one but me here.

    Тут немає нікого крім мене. — ascolto

    ruЗдесь кроме меня никого нет. — sharptoothed

    deEs gibt dort niemand außer mir hier. — Felixjp

  2. Let's try to understand one another.

    Спробуймо зрозуміти одне одного. — deniko

    ruДавай попробуем понять друг друга. — Lenin_1917

    deLass uns versuchen, einander zu verstehen. — mauersegler

  3. No one has ever seen God.

    Бога ніхто ніколи не бачив. — deniko

    ruНикто никогда не видел Бога. — avenelanna

  4. That small one is also mine.

    Той менший також мій. — ascolto

    ruЭтот маленький тоже мой. — fjay69

    deDer kleine da ist auch von mir. — Hans_Adler

  5. No one believed me at first.

    Спочатку мені ніхто не повірив. — deniko

    ruСначала мне никто не поверил. — pandabear

    deAm Anfang hat mir niemand geglaubt. — MUIRIEL

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
indefinite personal pronoun; any person, people in general:

Origin

Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個/个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle,

Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個/个 (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 (de) or 個 /个 (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).

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