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one another

pron · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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pron

Meaning 1

Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: pronoun, reciprocal

Examples

  • The raw recruits helped one another get over the first few days.
  • Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: бирӱзи бирӱзин (birüzi birüzin) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Aramaic: ܚܕܕܐ — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Armenian: միմյանց (mimyancʻ) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Armenian: իրար (irar) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Old Armenian: միմեանց (mimeancʻ) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Old Armenian: իրեար (irear) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Azerbaijani: bir-biri — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Bulgarian: еди́н друг (edín drug) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Bulgarian: еди́н на друг (edín na drug) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 互相 (hùxiāng) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Danish: hinanden — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Danish: hverandre — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Dutch: elkaar — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Dutch: elkander — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Esperanto: unu la alian — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Esperanto: reciproke — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Finnish: toisensa — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • French: l'un l'autre — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • French: les uns les autres — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • German: einander — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • German: gegenseitig — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • German: aufeinander — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Greek: αλλήλων (allílon) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Hawaiian: kekahi i kekahi — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Hawaiian: kekahi me kekahi — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Hungarian: egymás — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Ido: l’una l’altra — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Ido: l’una, l’altra — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Irish: a chéile — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Italian: vicendevolmente — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Italian: a vicenda — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Italian: l'un l'altro — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Japanese: お互いに (o-tagai ni) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Khmer: គ្នា (kniə) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Khmer: គ្នានឹងគ្នា (kniə nɨng kniə) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Macedonian: еден на друг (eden na drug) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Macedonian: меѓусебно (meǵusebno) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Macedonian: заемно (zaemno) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Malagasy: isika samy isika — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Malay: saling — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Malayalam: പരസ്പരം (parasparaṁ) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Māori: tau- — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Eastern Mari: ваш (vaš) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Polish: nawzajem — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Portuguese: um ao outro — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Portuguese: se — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Romanian: unul pe altul — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Russian: друг дру́га (drug drúga) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Russian: друг дру́гу (drug drúgu) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Russian: взаи́мно (vzaímno) — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Scottish Gaelic: a chèile — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Scottish Gaelic: càch a chèile — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Lower Sorbian: se — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Swedish: varandra — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Tagalog: isa’t-isa — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Turkish: birbirine — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Turkish: birbirini — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Uzbek: bir-biri — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Welsh: ein gilydd — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Welsh: eich gilydd — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Welsh: ei gilydd — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Welsh: y naill y llall — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
  • Welsh: y naill i'r y llall — idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun