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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Usage notes 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Conjunction 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Related terms

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
about	its	time	#74: only	like	little	now

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊn.li/, SAMPA: /@Un.li/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊn.li/, SAMPA: /oUn.li/
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• Hyphenation: on·ly

[ Etymology

Old English ǣnlīċ, from Germanic (corresponding to one + -ly) . Cognate with Swedish enlig ‘unified’, obsolete Dutch eenlijk.

[ Adjective

only (not comparable)

1. singular; part of a relatively small number

   he is the only doctor for miles

2. without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender

   he is their only son, infact, an only child

3. singularly superior; the best

[ Derived terms

• only child

[ Usage notes

• For what reason are the English words one and once pronounced so, while other words derived from one, like alone, only and atone, pronounced with a long o? Stressed vowels often became diphthongs over time (Latin bona → Italian buona and Spanish buena). A similar thing happened in the late Middle Ages to the English words one and once, first recorded circa 1400. The vowel sound underwent some changes, such as the pronunciation (from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn).

[ Translations

Armenian: սոսկ (sosk) Bulgarian: единствен (edinstven) Czech: jediný cs(cs) Dutch: enig nl(nl) Esperanto: sola eo(eo) Estonian: ainus et(et) Finnish: ainoa fi(fi), ainut fi(fi) French: unique fr(fr) Georgian: ერთადერთი (ert‘adert‘i) German: einzig de(de) Greek: μοναδικός (monadikós) m., μοναδική (monadikí) f., μοναδικό (monadikó) n., μόνος (mónos) m., μόνη (móni) f., μόνο (móno) n. Hebrew: יְחִיד (he) (y'khíd) Hungarian: egyetlen (1) Ido: nura Italian: unico it(it)

Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌نها ku(ku) (tanhA) Latin: unicus la(la) Malayalam: മാത്രം (maathram) Nahuatl: ça, çan Persian: تَنها fa(fa) (tanhâ) Polish: jedyny (1) Portuguese: único pt(pt) Romanian: singur ro(ro), unic ro(ro) Russian: единственный ru(ru) (jedínstvennij) m. Spanish: único es(es) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: edin Swedish: enda sv(sv) Tamil: ஒரே (ore) Telugu: ఏకైక, ఒకే, ఒక్కగానొక్క Turkish: sadece tr(tr), tek tr(tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

singularly superior; thee best

Polish: jedyny pl(pl), najlepszy pl(pl)

[ Adverb

only

1. without others or anything further; exclusively

   my heart is hers, and hers only

2. no more than; just

   if there were only one more ticket!

3. as recently as

   he left only moments ago

[ Derived terms

• if and only if
• only if

[ Translations

Translations

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: فقط (fáqaʈ) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: само bg(bg) (samo) Chinese: 只有 (zhǐyǒu), 唯一的 (wéiyī de), 仅有的 (jǐnyǒu de) Czech: jen, jenom, pouze Danish: kun da(da), bare da(da) Dutch: (1) alleen, (2) maar, slechts, (3) pas, net Esperanto: nur eo(eo) Estonian: ainult Finnish: vain, ainoastaan French: seulement fr(fr) Georgian: მხოლოდ (mxolod) German: einzig de(de), nur de(de) Greek: μόνο (móno) Hebrew: רַק (he) (rak) Hungarian: csak, kizárólag Ido: nur Italian: solo it(it), solamente it(it)

Japanese: ただひとつ (tada hitotsu), 唯一の (ゆいいつの, yuiitsu no), ...だけ (...dake) Korean: 유일한 (yuilhan) Kurdish: Sorani: هه‌ر ku(ku) (har) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: tik lt(lt) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: هَمین (hamin) Polish: tylko pl(pl) Portuguese: somente, apenas Romanian: numai ro(ro) Russian: только ru(ru) (tól’ko) Slovene: samo sl(sl) Spanish: sólo es(es), solamente es(es), únicamente es(es) Swedish: bara sv(sv), endast sv(sv) Thai: เอง (eng), แค่นี้ (kâe née) Turkish: sade tr(tr), sadece tr(tr) Ukrainian: тільки (til’ky) Vietnamese: chỉ vi(vi), chỉ thôi vi(vi)

[ Conjunction

only

1. but; except

   I would enjoy running only I have this broken leg

[ Translations

but; except

Catalan: però Czech: jenže Dutch: maar nl(nl) Finnish: mutta, paitsi että Georgian: მაგრამ არამედ (magram aramed) German: aber de(de), doch de(de)

Greek: μόνο (móno) Hungarian: csak hu(hu) Italian: ma it(it) Portuguese: mas pt(pt) Russian: но (no) Spanish: pero es(es), ojalá es(es)

[ Related terms

• if only