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• UK: /əʊn/
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• Northumbria: /ɑːn/
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• sometimes: /aʊn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əʊn/
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• General-American: ōn
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• General-American: /oʊn/
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• Hong-Kong: /uŋ/
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English aȝen, owen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ain, awin, awn, ayn (“own”), Saterland Frisian oain (“own”), West Frisian, Dutch, and German eigen (“own”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish egen (“own”), Faroese egin (“own”), Icelandic eigin, eiginn (“own”), Norwegian Nynorsk eigen (“own”); also Ossetian исын (isyn, “to take”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B aik- (“to know, recognize”), Sanskrit ईश (īśa, “owning, possessing”). Originally past participle of the verb at hand in English owe.

A back-formation from owner, owning and own (adjective). Compare Old English āgnian, Dutch eigenen, German eignen, Swedish ägna.

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: eie — belonging to (determiner)
• Arabic: مِلْك (milk) — belonging to (determiner)
• Arabic: نَفْس (nafs) — belonging to (determiner)
• Assamese: নিজৰ (nizor) — belonging to (determiner)
• Asturian: propiu — belonging to (determiner)
• Azerbaijani: öz — belonging to (determiner)
• Bashkir: үҙ (üź) — belonging to (determiner)
• Belarusian: свой (svoj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Belarusian: ула́сны (ulásny) — belonging to (determiner)
• Belarusian: ўла́сны (wlásny) — belonging to (determiner)
• Bhojpuri: अपन (apan) — belonging to (determiner)
• Bulgarian: свой (svoj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Bulgarian: со́бствен (sóbstven) — belonging to (determiner)
• Catalan: mateix — belonging to (determiner)
• Catalan: propi — belonging to (determiner)
• Chinese Mandarin: 自己的 (zìjǐ de) — belonging to (determiner)
• Cornish: honen — belonging to (determiner)
• Czech: vlastní — belonging to (determiner)
• Danish: egen — belonging to (determiner)
• Dutch: eigen — belonging to (determiner)
• Esperanto: propra — belonging to (determiner)
• Estonian: oma — belonging to (determiner)
• Estonian: enda — belonging to (determiner)
• Estonian: isiklik — belonging to (determiner)
• Finnish: oma — belonging to (determiner)
• French: propre — belonging to (determiner)
• Georgian: საკუთარი (saḳutari) — belonging to (determiner)
• German: eigen — belonging to (determiner)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 (swēs) — belonging to (determiner)
• Greek: δικός (dikós) — belonging to (determiner)
• Ancient Greek: ἴδιος (ídios) — belonging to (determiner)
• Hawaiian: ponoʻī — belonging to (determiner)
• Hebrew: מִשֶּׁל — belonging to (determiner)
• Hindi: अपना (apnā) — belonging to (determiner)
• Hungarian: saját — belonging to (determiner)
• Hungarian: birtokol — belonging to (determiner)
• Indonesian: sendiri — belonging to (determiner)
• Irish: féin — belonging to (determiner)
• Istriot: pruoprio — belonging to (determiner)
• Italian: proprio — belonging to (determiner)
• Japanese: 自身の (jishin no) — belonging to (determiner)
• Khmer: ឯង (ʼaeng) — belonging to (determiner)
• Khmer: ខ្លួនឯង (khluən ʼaeng) — belonging to (determiner)
• Korean: 자기의 (jagi-ui) — belonging to (determiner)
• Latin: proprius — belonging to (determiner)
• Latvian: savs — belonging to (determiner)
• Macedonian: свој (svoj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Macedonian: сопствен (sopstven) — belonging to (determiner)
• Malay: sendiri — belonging to (determiner)
• Occitan: pròpri — belonging to (determiner)
• Old English: āgen — belonging to (determiner)
• Old Saxon: ēgan — belonging to (determiner)
• Polish: swój — belonging to (determiner)
• Polish: własny — belonging to (determiner)
• Portuguese: próprio — belonging to (determiner)
• Romanian: propriu — belonging to (determiner)
• Russian: свой (svoj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Russian: со́бственный (sóbstvennyj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Savosavo: gheza — belonging to (determiner)
• Scots: ain — belonging to (determiner)
• Scottish Gaelic: fhèin — belonging to (determiner)
• Serbo-Croatian: властит — belonging to (determiner)
• Serbo-Croatian: vlastit — belonging to (determiner)
• Serbo-Croatian: сопствен — belonging to (determiner)
• Serbo-Croatian: sopstven — belonging to (determiner)
• Sicilian: propiu — belonging to (determiner)
• Slovak: svoj — belonging to (determiner)
• Slovak: vlastný — belonging to (determiner)
• Slovene: svoj — belonging to (determiner)
• Slovene: lasten — belonging to (determiner)
• Spanish: propio — belonging to (determiner)
• Swedish: egen — belonging to (determiner)
• Tamil: சொந்த (conta) — belonging to (determiner)
• Ukrainian: свій (svij) — belonging to (determiner)
• Ukrainian: вла́сний (vlásnyj) — belonging to (determiner)
• Urdu: اپنا (apnā) — belonging to (determiner)
• Uzbek: oʻzi — belonging to (determiner)
• Venetan: propio — belonging to (determiner)
• Vietnamese: riêng — belonging to (determiner)
• Yiddish: אייגן (eygn) — belonging to (determiner)
• Afrikaans: besit — have rightful possession of
• Afrikaans: het — have rightful possession of
• Akkadian: išûm — have rightful possession of
• Aleut: ux̂tal — have rightful possession of
• Arabic: مَلَكَ (malaka) — have rightful possession of
• Armenian: ունենալ (unenal) — have rightful possession of
• Belarusian: вало́даць (valódacʹ) — have rightful possession of
• Belarusian: мець (mjecʹ) — have rightful possession of
• Bulgarian: владе́я (vladéja) — have rightful possession of
• Bulgarian: и́мам (ímam) — have rightful possession of
• Cheyenne: -á'en — have rightful possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 擁有 /拥有 (yōngyǒu) — have rightful possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 有 (yǒu) — have rightful possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 所有 (suǒyǒu) — have rightful possession of
• Czech: vlastnit — have rightful possession of
• Czech: mít — have rightful possession of
• Danish: eje — have rightful possession of
• Dutch: bezitten — have rightful possession of
• Dutch: hebben — have rightful possession of
• Esperanto: posedi — have rightful possession of
• Estonian: omama — have rightful possession of
• Faroese: eiga — have rightful possession of
• Finnish: omistaa — have rightful possession of
• French: posséder — have rightful possession of
• French: avoir — have rightful possession of
• Georgian: ფლობს (plobs) — have rightful possession of
• German: besitzen — have rightful possession of
• German: haben — have rightful possession of
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (aigan) — have rightful possession of
• Ancient Greek: κέκτημαι (kéktēmai) — have rightful possession of
• Hebrew: but see יש ל־ (yésh l'-) — have rightful possession of
• Hebrew: היה ל־ (hayá l'-) — have rightful possession of
• Hebrew: שייך ל־ (shayákh l'-) — have rightful possession of
• Hungarian: birtokol — have rightful possession of
• Hungarian: bír — have rightful possession of
• Hungarian: saját — have rightful possession of
• Icelandic: eiga — have rightful possession of
• Italian: possedere — have rightful possession of
• Japanese: 所有する (shoyū suru) — have rightful possession of
• Khmer: ជាម្ចាស់ (ciəmcah) — have rightful possession of
• Korean: 소유하다 (soyuhada) — have rightful possession of
• Latin: possideō — have rightful possession of
• Latin: habeō — have rightful possession of
• Macedonian: поседува (poseduva) — have rightful possession of
• Macedonian: има (ima) — have rightful possession of
• Norwegian Bokmål: eie — have rightful possession of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eige — have rightful possession of
• Old English: āgan — have rightful possession of
• Old Saxon: ēgan — have rightful possession of
• Polish: posiadać — have rightful possession of
• Polish: mieć — have rightful possession of
• Portuguese: possuir — have rightful possession of
• Quechua: jap'iy — have rightful possession of
• Romanian: deține — have rightful possession of
• Russian: владе́ть (vladétʹ) — have rightful possession of
• Russian: облада́ть (obladátʹ) — have rightful possession of
• Russian: име́ть (imétʹ) — have rightful possession of
• Sanskrit: ईष्टे (īṣṭe) — have rightful possession of
• Scots: awn — have rightful possession of
• Scottish Gaelic: sealbhaich — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: властити — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: поседовати — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: имати — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: vlastiti — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: posedovati — have rightful possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: imati — have rightful possession of
• Sicilian: pussèdiri — have rightful possession of
• Slovak: vlastniť — have rightful possession of
• Slovak: mať — have rightful possession of
• Slovene: imeti — have rightful possession of
• Spanish: poseer — have rightful possession of
• Spanish: tener — have rightful possession of
• Swahili: miliki — have rightful possession of
• Swedish: äga — have rightful possession of
• Turkish: sahip olmak — have rightful possession of
• Ukrainian: володі́ти (volodíty) — have rightful possession of
• Ukrainian: ма́ти (máty) — have rightful possession of
• Vietnamese: sở hữu — have rightful possession of
• Volapük: dalabön — have rightful possession of
• Welsh: piau — have rightful possession of
• Afrikaans: erken — acknowledge responsibility for
• Afrikaans: toegee — acknowledge responsibility for
• Estonian: tunnistama — acknowledge responsibility for
• Estonian: tunnustama — acknowledge responsibility for
• Estonian: omistama — acknowledge responsibility for
• Finnish: tunnustaa — acknowledge responsibility for
• German: eingestehen — acknowledge responsibility for
• German: zugeben — acknowledge responsibility for
• Ancient Greek: νομίζω (nomízō) — acknowledge responsibility for
• Russian: признава́ть (priznavátʹ) — acknowledge responsibility for
• Spanish: reconocer — acknowledge responsibility for
• Spanish: admitir — acknowledge responsibility for
• Swedish: erkänna — acknowledge responsibility for
• Swedish: tillstå — acknowledge responsibility for
• Swedish: vidgå — acknowledge responsibility for