One in Different Languages
Discover 'One' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
One
Afrikaans een | ||
Albanian një | ||
Amharic አንድ | ||
Arabic واحد | ||
Armenian մեկը | ||
Assamese এক | ||
Aymara maya | ||
Azerbaijani bir | ||
Bambara kelen | ||
Basque bat | ||
Belarusian адзін | ||
Bengali এক | ||
Bhojpuri एगो | ||
Bosnian jedan | ||
Bulgarian един | ||
Catalan un | ||
Cebuano sa usa ka | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 一 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 一 | ||
Corsican unu | ||
Croatian jedan | ||
Czech jeden | ||
Danish en | ||
Dhivehi އެކެއް | ||
Dogri इक | ||
Dutch een | ||
English one | ||
Esperanto unu | ||
Estonian üks | ||
Ewe ɖeka | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) isa | ||
Finnish yksi | ||
French un | ||
Frisian ien | ||
Galician un | ||
Georgian ერთი | ||
German einer | ||
Greek ένας | ||
Guarani peteĩ | ||
Gujarati એક | ||
Haitian Creole yon sèl | ||
Hausa daya | ||
Hawaiian ekahi | ||
Hebrew אחד | ||
Hindi एक | ||
Hmong ib tug | ||
Hungarian egy | ||
Icelandic einn | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano maysa | ||
Indonesian satu | ||
Irish ceann | ||
Italian uno | ||
Japanese 1 | ||
Javanese siji | ||
Kannada ಒಂದು | ||
Kazakh бір | ||
Khmer មួយ | ||
Kinyarwanda imwe | ||
Konkani एक | ||
Korean 하나 | ||
Krio wan | ||
Kurdish yek | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) یەک | ||
Kyrgyz бир | ||
Lao ຫນຶ່ງ | ||
Latin unus | ||
Latvian viens | ||
Lingala moko | ||
Lithuanian vienas | ||
Luganda emu | ||
Luxembourgish eent | ||
Macedonian еден | ||
Maithili एकटा | ||
Malagasy iray | ||
Malay satu | ||
Malayalam ഒന്ന് | ||
Maltese waħda | ||
Maori kotahi | ||
Marathi एक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯃ | ||
Mizo pakhat | ||
Mongolian нэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တစ်ခု | ||
Nepali एक | ||
Norwegian en | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chimodzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗୋଟିଏ | | ||
Oromo tokko | ||
Pashto یو | ||
Persian یکی | ||
Polish jeden | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) 1 | ||
Punjabi ਇਕ | ||
Quechua huk | ||
Romanian unu | ||
Russian один | ||
Samoan tasi | ||
Sanskrit एकम् | ||
Scots Gaelic aon | ||
Sepedi tee | ||
Serbian један | ||
Sesotho ngoe | ||
Shona poshi | ||
Sindhi هڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) එක | ||
Slovak jeden | ||
Slovenian eno | ||
Somali mid | ||
Spanish uno | ||
Sundanese hiji | ||
Swahili moja | ||
Swedish ett | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) isa | ||
Tajik як | ||
Tamil ஒன்று | ||
Tatar бер | ||
Telugu ఒకటి | ||
Thai หนึ่ง | ||
Tigrinya ሓደ | ||
Tsonga n'we | ||
Turkish bir | ||
Turkmen biri | ||
Twi (Akan) baako | ||
Ukrainian один | ||
Urdu ایک | ||
Uyghur بىرى | ||
Uzbek bitta | ||
Vietnamese một | ||
Welsh un | ||
Xhosa nye | ||
Yiddish איינער | ||
Yoruba ọkan | ||
Zulu eyodwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans 'een' can also mean 'alone' or 'lonely', as in 'Ek is heeltemal een' ('I am all alone'). |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "një" meaning "one" originates from the Proto-Albanian "në" which also meant "man" or "human being". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "አንድ" has an additional meaning of "a certain" or "a particular". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "واحد" also means "unique" or "single". |
| Armenian | In Armenian, "մեկը" doesn't only mean "one" but also "someone" or "anyone" like in "doesn't love someone". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijan, "bir" also means "peace" or "unity", and is found in some national slogans and mottos. |
| Basque | In Basque, "bat" also refers to a hand or bunch, as well as a unit of measure (a handful). |
| Belarusian | The word "адзін" is of Proto-Slavic origin, meaning "alone" or "lonely". |
| Bengali | The root of 'এক' is the verb 'কর' and 'একক' originated from this root. |
| Bosnian | Jedno has many meanings in Bosnian, including one, single, certain, a certain, some, any, etc. |
| Bulgarian | The word 'един' in Bulgarian also means 'only' or 'unique'. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "un" can refer not only to the number "one", but also to an indefinite article translating to "a" or "an". |
| Cebuano | Sa usa ka is also used to form ordinal numbers, such as "sa usa ka gatos" for "one hundred". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 一 is also used as a prefix to indicate 'first', 'beginning', or 'initial'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "一" can also mean "a little" or "a bit". |
| Corsican | The word "unu" also has a secondary meaning in Corsican, referring to the singular form of the indefinite article "a" or "an". |
| Croatian | The word “jedan” originates from “jedino”, a contraction of “-ěd-ino” (meaning “only” or “unique”), ultimately deriving from “-ěd-“ (meaning “one”). |
| Czech | The word `jeden` can also mean `a` or `one of several` in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "en" can also mean "a", "an", or "the" in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "een" can mean "a" in addition to "one" and can precede both masculine and feminine nouns. |
| Esperanto | The word "unu" also means "the first" or "the only" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "üks" in Estonian is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "yksi", meaning "alone" or "single". It can also refer to a person or thing that is unique or exceptional. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "yksi" is a cognate of the Estonian word "üks" and the Karelian word "yksi", all of which derive from Proto-Finnic *yksi. |
| French | The French word |
| Frisian | The word "ien" in Frisian is derived from the Old Frisian numeral "en" and is also used to mean "alone" or "lonely." |
| Galician | In Galician, "un" has cognates meaning "big toe" and "first" in other Romance languages. |
| Georgian | The word ერთი (one) is derived from the Proto-Kartvelian root *mərti, which also means 'few' or 'small'. |
| German | The word "einer" in German can also refer to a person of unspecified gender or to a specific person who has been previously mentioned. |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word "ἕἷς" (heîs) meant "one" but also "alone" or "unique" and was the masculine nominative form of the numeral "εἷς, μία, ἕν" (heîs, mía, hén). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'એક' also means 'at a time', 'each' or 'a particular' in other contexts. |
| Haitian Creole | Yon sèl, meaning “one”, is not related to the French word “un”, but comes from the verb “sèlè”, meaning “to separate”. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "daya" also means "alone" or "just one". |
| Hawaiian | Ekahi can also mean "alone, single, solitary, or unique" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "אחד" ("one") has a root meaning "to be unique" and is related to the word "אחדות" ("unity"). |
| Hindi | The word "एक" in Hindi stems from the Sanskrit word "एका" and is cognate with the English word "one" and the Latin word "unus". |
| Hmong | "Ib tug" means either "one", "single", or "first" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word 'egy' in Hungarian is derived from the Proto-Uralic word '*eke' meaning 'first', and has various archaic meanings including 'alone', 'only', 'single', and 'unique'. |
| Icelandic | The word einn also refers to an elf or faerie in Icelandic folklore. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, |
| Indonesian | The word "satu" is also used as a prefix to numerals to form ordinal numbers, e.g. "satuan" (first), "kedua" (second), "ketiga" (third), etc. |
| Irish | "Ceann" also has other meanings in Irish, such as "head" and "end". |
| Italian | The Italian word "uno" derives from the Latin "unus," meaning "single, alone," and shares its origin with the English "only." |
| Japanese | The character "一" (ichi) can also mean "beginning", "first", or "all" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Siji" also means the same as the word "istilah" in Indonesian, but it is rarely used. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "ಒಂದು" is a numeral, but also refers to a "piece", "portion", or "small quantity". |
| Kazakh | "Бір" is a number, a unit of measurement, "something", and also "a few." |
| Khmer | មួយ is also used as the numeral classifier for round things, like plates or tables. |
| Korean | The word '하나' also has ancient meanings such as 'whole' or 'unity' in Sino-Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word 'yek' in Kurdish derives from the Proto-Indo-European word 'oinos', meaning 'one' or 'alone'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бир" also means "alone" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "unus" in Latin is cognate with the Greek word "hen", meaning "one". |
| Latvian | The word "viens" in Latvian, meaning "one", is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *oinos, which also gave rise to the words "unus" (Latin), "eins" (German), and "one" (English). |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "vienas" originally meant "alone" or "solitary," and its meaning of "one" developed later. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "eent" not only means "one," but also refers to the number "eleven." |
| Macedonian | The Proto-Slavic form of "Еден" is "единъ", also meaning "unique, alone". |
| Malagasy | "Iray" can be used in place of the word "first" or "primary." |
| Malay | Satu is also the Malay word for "single", and is cognate with the Tagalog "isa". |
| Malayalam | "ഒന്ന്" also means "the same; similar; alike; equal" |
| Maltese | Maltese 'waħda' is cognate to Arabic 'waḥīd' (only one) and the feminine form of 'waḥid' (one), which can be used to mean 'some', as in the English phrase 'a few'. It is also used as the indefinite article 'a', 'an'. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'kotahi' is cognate with the Proto-Polynesian word 'tahi', which also means 'one' and is found in many other Polynesian languages. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "एक" can refer to the number one, unity, oneness, uniqueness, alone, single, or singular. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "нэг" (one) also means "alone" or "single". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "एक" also means "the same" and is the origin of the Hindi word "एक (ek)" |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "en" can also refer to a male person or the indefinite article, "a" or "an." |
| Pashto | The word یو in Pashto derives from the Proto-Indo-European numeral *einos, and shares a common origin with the numerals for one in English, Hindi, Russian, Latin, Greek, etc. |
| Persian | The word "یکی" also means "someone" or "a person" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word 'jeden' ('one') in Polish can also refer to unity, wholeness, or a specific person. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, “um” (“one”) can also mean “a” or “an,” as in “um carro” (“a car”). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਇਕ" is also used to refer to a single unit or instance of something. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "unu" (one) is also used in the context of "alone" or "solitary". |
| Russian | In Slavic languages, the word "odin" is also used as a pronoun meaning "alone" |
| Samoan | Tasi is a homonym that can also mean 'ocean', in which case the 's' is pronounced |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word “aon” can mean "one," "a," or "an," and also occasionally functions as the first syllable of ordinal numbers from "eleven" to "ninety-nine." |
| Serbian | It is cognate to "jedina" meaning "fir, conifer", and also to "једанпут" "once". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "ngoe" is derived from the Bantu root "-ngwe" meaning "the only one". |
| Shona | Poshi is also the root of the word 'poshorwa' which means 'to gather people together in unity'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "هڪ" is used as a multiplicative, similar to "single" or "a" in English. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "එක" derives from the Sanskrit word "एका" (ekā), meaning "single" or "alone". |
| Slovak | In Old Church Slavonic, the word "jeden" meant "one" and "alone". |
| Slovenian | The word "eno" in Slovenian derives from Proto-Slavic "jьnъ" and is cognate with "one" in English and "eins" in German. |
| Somali | The word "mid" is derived from the Semitic root *w-h-d*, which also appears in Arabic "wahad" (one) and Hebrew "echad" (one). In some dialects of Somali, "mid" can have the additional meaning of "the same" or "united". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "uno" ultimately derives from the Latin "unus," meaning "single" but has also come to be used as a general indefinite article ("a"). |
| Sundanese | The word "hiji" also means "this" or "the one", indicating a specific object. |
| Swahili | "Moja" is also a prefix meaning "single" or "alone", as in "moja kwa moja" (directly). |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "ett" is cognate with the English pronoun "it," and is often used in the same way in informal speech |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Isa" in Tagalog can also refer to "first" or "singular." |
| Tajik | "Yak" is a Persian word meaning "one", but in Tajik it can also be used to mean "some". |
| Tamil | The word "ஒன்று" can also mean "thing", "something", or "a certain thing". |
| Telugu | The word "ఒకటి" in Telugu also means "a single thing". |
| Thai | The word “หนึ่ง” (“one”) in Thai derives from a Mon-Khmer word meaning “person,” which is reflected in its use as a classifier for people. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "bir" can also refer to a "union", or a "unity". |
| Ukrainian | The word “один” (“one”) derives from Proto-Slavic “jedinъ”, which also means "single, unique, alone". |
| Urdu | Urdu word "ایک" ("one") is derived from the Indo-Aryan root "eka" and is cognate with its Sanskrit equivalent "eka". It also has alternate meanings such as "unique", "single", and "solitary". |
| Uzbek | As the initial component of words, bitta can mean 'whole, all, every, single' as bittabosh, 'forehead'. |
| Vietnamese | The word "một" in Vietnamese can also mean "first" or "a little bit of something." |
| Welsh | The word "un" can also mean "number" in Welsh, indicating a quantity or group. |
| Xhosa | Nye is only used for counting people, otherwise 'enye' should be used. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "איינער" also has a meaning of "someone" or "a person". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba 'ọkan' also refers to the 'heart', and is used as an intensifier in phrases such as 'ẹ̀yin ọkan' ('you solely'). |
| Zulu | The word “eyodwa” derives from the Zulu word “odwa”, meaning “alone” or “by oneself”. |
| English | "One" originally meant "alone" and could be used like "alone" or in a way closer to "together" today. |