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From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitive suffix -es. Equivalent to one + -s. Cognate with Saterland Frisian enst, insen (“once”), West Frisian iens (“once”), Dutch eens (“once”), German Low German eens, ins (“once”), German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَرَّةً (marratan) — one and only one time
• Arabic: مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً (marratan wāḥidatan) — one and only one time
• Belarusian: раз (raz) — one and only one time
• Belarusian: адзі́н раз (adzín raz) — one and only one time
• Belarusian: адно́йчы (adnójčy) — one and only one time
• Bulgarian: веднъ́ж (vednǎ́ž) — one and only one time
• Bulgarian: еднокра́тно (ednokrátno) — one and only one time
• Catalan: una vegada — one and only one time
• Cebuano: makausa — one and only one time
• Cebuano: kausa — one and only one time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一次 (yī cì) — one and only one time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一遍 (yī biàn) — one and only one time
• Czech: jednou — one and only one time
• Danish: en gang — one and only one time
• Dutch: eens — one and only one time
• Dutch: een keer — one and only one time
• Dutch: eenmaal — one and only one time
• Esperanto: unufoje — one and only one time
• Finnish: kerran — one and only one time
• French: une fois — one and only one time
• Galician: unha vez — one and only one time
• Georgian: ერთხელ (ertxel) — one and only one time
• Georgian: ერთჯერ (ertǯer) — one and only one time
• German: einmal — one and only one time
• German: emaal — one and only one time
• East Central German: aanst — one and only one time
• Greek: μια φορά (mia forá) — one and only one time
• Greek: άπαξ (ápax) — one and only one time
• Ancient Greek: ἅπαξ (hápax) — one and only one time
• Hawaiian: hoʻokahi wā — one and only one time
• Hindi: एक बार (ek bār) — one and only one time
• Hungarian: egyszer — one and only one time
• Hungarian: egyetlenegyszer — one and only one time
• Hungarian: egy alkalommal — one and only one time
• Hungarian: egy ízben — one and only one time
• Icelandic: einu sinni — one and only one time
• Ido: unfoye — one and only one time
• Irish: uair amháin — one and only one time
• Italian: una volta — one and only one time
• Japanese: 一度 (ichido) — one and only one time
• Japanese: 一回 (ikkai) — one and only one time
• Japanese: 一遍 (ippen) — one and only one time
• Jeju: ᄒᆞᆫ 번 (hawn beon) — one and only one time
• Korean: 한 번 (han beon) — one and only one time
• Latin: semel — one and only one time
• Latin: aliquando — one and only one time
• Luxembourgish: eemol — one and only one time
• Macedonian: еднаш (ednaš) — one and only one time
• Malay: sekali — one and only one time
• Maltese: darba waħda — one and only one time
• Manchu: ᡝᠮᡤᡝᡵᡳ (emgeri) — one and only one time
• Michif: enn fway — one and only one time
• Michif: payaakwow — one and only one time
• Middle English: ene — one and only one time
• Middle English: enes — one and only one time
• Middle English: ones — one and only one time
• Khiamniungan Naga: tìam — one and only one time
• Classical Nahuatl: ceppa — one and only one time
• Norwegian Bokmål: én gang — one and only one time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: éin gong — one and only one time
• Old English: ǣne — one and only one time
• Old English: ǣnes — one and only one time
• Old Prussian: ainawārst — one and only one time
• Parthian: 𐭏𐭉𐭅𐭐𐭓𐭂 (ʿywprg) — one and only one time
• Pashto: یوه پلا — one and only one time
• Persian: یکبار (yek-bâr) — one and only one time
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭡𐭠𐭥 (ēwbār) — one and only one time
• Plautdietsch: eenmol (nds) — one and only one time
• Polish: raz — one and only one time
• Polish: jeden raz — one and only one time
• Portuguese: uma vez — one and only one time
• Romanian: o dată — one and only one time
• Russian: оди́н раз (odín raz) — one and only one time
• Russian: одна́жды (odnáždy) — one and only one time
• Northern Sami: oktii — one and only one time
• Sanskrit: सकृत् (sakṛt) — one and only one time
• Scots: ance — one and only one time
• Serbo-Croatian: јѐдно̄м — one and only one time
• Serbo-Croatian: једа̀нпӯт — one and only one time
• Serbo-Croatian: jèdnōm — one and only one time
• Serbo-Croatian: jedànpūt — one and only one time
• Slovak: raz — one and only one time
• Slovene: ênkrat — one and only one time
• Spanish: una vez — one and only one time
• Swedish: en gång — one and only one time
• Turkish: bir defa — one and only one time
• Turkish: bir kez — one and only one time
• Ukrainian: раз (raz) — one and only one time
• Ukrainian: оди́н раз (odýn raz) — one and only one time
• Urdu: ایک دَفْعَہ (ek daf'a) — one and only one time
• Vietnamese: một lần — one and only one time
• Welsh: unwaith — one and only one time
• Yiddish: איין מאָל (eyn mol) — one and only one time
• Yoruba: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan — one and only one time
• Yoruba: lẹ́ẹ̀kan — one and only one time
• Zulu: kanye — one and only one time
• Bulgarian: веднъж (vednǎž) — formerly
• Bulgarian: някога (njakoga) — formerly
• Chinese Mandarin: 曾經 /曾经 (céngjīng) — formerly
• Chinese Mandarin: 以前 (yǐqián) — formerly
• Chinese Mandarin: 有一次 (yǒu yī cì) — formerly
• Czech: kdysi — formerly
• Danish: engang — formerly
• Dutch: eens — formerly
• Dutch: ooit — formerly
• Esperanto: iama — formerly
• Finnish: kerran — formerly
• Finnish: ennen — formerly
• Finnish: ennen vanhaan — formerly
• French: une fois — formerly
• French: autrefois — formerly
• French: jadis — formerly
• French: un temps — formerly
• Galician: outrora — formerly
• Galician: unha vez — formerly
• German: früher — formerly
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌽 (suman) — formerly
• Greek: άλλοτε (állote) — formerly
• Greek: παλιά (paliá) — formerly
• Ancient Greek: πρίν (prín) — formerly
• Hebrew: פַּעַם (pá'am) — formerly
• Hungarian: egyszer — formerly
• Hungarian: valaha — formerly
• Hungarian: egykor — formerly
• Icelandic: einu sinni — formerly
• Italian: un tempo — formerly
• Italian: una volta — formerly
• Japanese: 以前 (izen) — formerly
• Japanese: かつて (katsute) — formerly
• Japanese: 一時期 (ichijiki) — formerly
• Japanese: 一時 (ichiji) — formerly
• Latin: quondam — formerly
• Malay: dahulu — formerly
• Middle English: enes — formerly
• Middle English: ones — formerly
• Norwegian Bokmål: en gang — formerly
• Norwegian Bokmål: på et tidspunkt — formerly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eingong — formerly
• Occitan: autres còps — formerly
• Occitan: un còp èra — formerly
• Occitan: autretemps — formerly
• Occitan: de temps passat — formerly
• Old English: ǣne — formerly
• Old English: ǣr — formerly
• Old English: hwīlum — formerly
• Polish: wcześniej — formerly
• Portuguese: outrora — formerly
• Romanian: odată — formerly
• Russian: когда́-то (kogdá-to) — formerly
• Russian: ра́ньше (ránʹše) — formerly
• Russian: ра́нее (ráneje) — formerly
• Sanskrit: सकृत् (sakṛt) — formerly
• Scottish Gaelic: uaireigin — formerly
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏када — formerly
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏кад при̏је — formerly
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅkada — formerly
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅkad prȉje — formerly
• Slovak: kedysi — formerly
• Slovene: nekóč — formerly
• Slovene: enkràt — formerly
• Spanish: antiguamente — formerly
• Spanish: anteriormente — formerly
• Spanish: otrora — formerly
• Spanish: antaño — formerly
• Spanish: antes — formerly
• Spanish: en otro tiempo — formerly
• Swedish: tidigare — formerly
• Swedish: förut — formerly
• Swedish: en gång — formerly
• Swedish: för ut — formerly
• Ukrainian: коли́сь (kolýsʹ) — formerly
• Unami: kwëtën — formerly
• Vietnamese: từng — formerly
• Vietnamese: đã từng — formerly
• Yiddish: אַ מאָל (a mol) — formerly
• Yiddish: פֿריִער (frier) — formerly
• Finnish: yksi kertaa — mathematics: multiplied by one
• Scots: ance — mathematics: multiplied by one
• Arabic: بِمُجَرَّد أَنّ (bimujarrad ʔann) — as soon as
• Breton: kentre ma — as soon as
• Bulgarian: ако веднъ́ж (ako vednǎ́ž) — as soon as
• Catalan: una vegada — as soon as
• Catalan: un cop — as soon as
• Chinese Mandarin: 一旦 (yīdàn) — as soon as
• Danish: så snart (som) — as soon as
• Danish: bare — as soon as
• Danish: når først — as soon as
• Dutch: zodra — as soon as
• Dutch: eens dat — as soon as
• Esperanto: kiam — as soon as
• Finnish: kunhan — as soon as
• French: aussitôt que — as soon as
• French: dès que — as soon as
• French: une fois que — as soon as
• Galician: asemade — as soon as
• Galician: asomante — as soon as
• Galician: endebén — as soon as
• Georgian: როგორც კი (rogorc ḳi) — as soon as
• German: als — as soon as
• German: sobald — as soon as
• Greek: μόλις (mólis) — as soon as
• Hungarian: amint — as soon as
• Hungarian: miután — as soon as
• Irish: ó — as soon as
• Italian: una volta che — as soon as
• Italian: non appena — as soon as
• Malay: sebaik sahaja — as soon as
• Norwegian: så snart — as soon as
• Norwegian: med det første — as soon as
• Norwegian Bokmål: bare — as soon as
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berre — as soon as
• Occitan: un còp — as soon as
• Polish: gdy tylko — as soon as
• Polish: jak tylko — as soon as
• Polish: kiedy tylko — as soon as
• Portuguese: assim que — as soon as
• Portuguese: logo após/depois — as soon as
• Portuguese: tão logo — as soon as
• Romanian: odată ce — as soon as
• Russian: как то́лько (kak tólʹko) — as soon as
• Slovak: akonáhle — as soon as
• Spanish: tan pronto como — as soon as
• Spanish: una vez que — as soon as
• Swedish: så snart som — as soon as
• Turkish: mı — as soon as
• Ukrainian: як ті́льки (jak tílʹky) — as soon as
• Vietnamese: một khi — as soon as