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English
/ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.lɪ/, /ˈoʊn.li/
adj
Definitions
- Alone in a category.
- Singularly superior; the best.
- Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
- (obsolete) Mere.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oonly inherited from Old English ānlīċ inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz suffix from English one.
Origin
English
one
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- KJV English
- KJV-onlyer English
- alone English
- alonely English
- any English
- anyone English
- atone English
- bedeen English
- begotten English
- born English
- everyone English
- noone English
- one English
- one's English
- one-armed English
- one-eyed English
- one-footed English
- one-handed English
- one-itis English
- one-legged English
- one-liner English
- one-off English
- one-reeler English
- one-way English
- one-year-old English
- onefold English
- onehead English
- onehood English
- oneish English
- oneitis English
- oneling English
- onement English
- oneness English
- oner English
- onescore English
- oneself English
- oneship English
- onesided English
- onesome English
- oneth English
- oneties English
- onetime English
- onliness English
- only-begotten English
- onlyborn English
- onlyer English
- onlyhood English
- read English
- read-only English
- that'n English
- this'n English
- yesterday but one English
- blutähnlich German
- burgähnlich German
- chlorähnlich German
- erdähnlich German
- fischähnlich German
- grippeähnlich German
- haarähnlich German
- heringsähnlich German
- kunststoffähnlich German
- menschenähnlich German
- metallähnlich German
- polizeiähnlich German
- schwefelähnlich German
- silberähnlich German
- straßenbahnähnlich German
- unähnlich German
- wasserstoffähnlich German
- ähnlich German
- ähnlichsehen German
- on French
- *ainalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- enlig Swedish
- sanningsenlig Swedish
- ワンマン Japanese
- ānlīċ Old English
- *onlihod Middle English
- one Middle English
- onlinesse Middle English
- oon Middle English
- oonly Middle English
- oonlybigeten Middle English
- anelich Middle High German
- ähnlech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- wan Tok Pisin
- aan Saterland Frisian
- äänelk Saterland Frisian
- wan Sranan Tongo
- wan Fanagalo
- wan Bislama
- one
- any
- KJV
- read
- born
- oner
- oneth
- one's
- noone
- alone
- atone
- anyone
- oneish
- this'n
- onlyer
- bedeen
- that'n
- onetime
- onefold
- one-way
- one-off
- onehood
- onesome
- onehead
- oneself
- oneitis
- oneties
- oneness
- oneling
- onement
- oneship
- alonely
- onescore
- begotten
- onesided
- onlyhood
- one-eyed
- one-itis
- onlyborn
- onliness
- everyone
- one-liner
- one-armed
- read-only
- one-handed
- one-footed
- one-reeler
- KJV-onlyer
- one-legged
- one-year-old
- only-begotten
- yesterday but one