one-way

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• /wʌn.weɪ/
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From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: njëdrejtimësh — allowing movement in only one direction
• Bulgarian: еднопосочен (ednoposočen) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Chinese Mandarin: 單向 /单向 (dānxiàng) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Czech: jednosměrný — allowing movement in only one direction
• Finnish: yksisuuntainen — allowing movement in only one direction
• French: à sens unique — allowing movement in only one direction
• German: Einweg- — allowing movement in only one direction
• German: Einbahn- — allowing movement in only one direction
• Greek: μονόδρομος (monódromos) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Hungarian: egyirányú — allowing movement in only one direction
• Irish: aontreo — allowing movement in only one direction
• Italian: senso unico — allowing movement in only one direction
• Japanese: 一方通行 (ippō tsūkō) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Korean: 일방통행 (ilbangtonghaeng) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Latin: irredux — allowing movement in only one direction
• Macedonian: еднонасочен (ednonasočen) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Māori: ahutahi — allowing movement in only one direction
• Polish: jednokierunkowy — allowing movement in only one direction
• Polish: jednostronny — allowing movement in only one direction
• Portuguese: de mão única — allowing movement in only one direction
• Russian: односторо́нний (odnostorónnij) — allowing movement in only one direction
• Swedish: enkelriktad — allowing movement in only one direction
• Bulgarian: еднопосочен (ednoposočen) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Chinese Mandarin: 單程 /单程 (dānchéng) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Finnish: yksisuuntainen — allowing travel in only one direction
• French: aller simple — allowing travel in only one direction
• German: einfach — allowing travel in only one direction
• Greek: χωρίς επιστροφή (chorís epistrofí) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Hungarian: egyirányú — allowing travel in only one direction
• Japanese: 片道 (katamichi) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Korean: 편도 (pyeondo) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Macedonian: еднонасочен (ednonasočen) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Māori: ahutahi — allowing travel in only one direction
• Polish: jednostronny — allowing travel in only one direction
• Portuguese: sem retorno — allowing travel in only one direction
• Russian: в оди́н коне́ц (v odín konéc) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Russian: в одну́ сто́рону (v odnú stóronu) — allowing travel in only one direction
• Swedish: enkel — allowing travel in only one direction
• Swedish: enkel- — allowing travel in only one direction
• Bulgarian: еднопосочен (ednoposočen) — computer science: easy to compute, hard to invert