Standard Lemma guide

single

adj · name · noun · verb · 39 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡl̩/
  • General-American: /ˈsɪŋɡəl/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: cingle
  • rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
  • The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lone, sole, solitary

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not divided in parts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unbroken, undivided, uniform

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Designed for the use of only one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a single room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Performed by one person, or one on each side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a single combat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
  • Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unmarried, unpartnered, available

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Having only one rank or row of petals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

A surname from Old English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B, usually 7 inches in diameter and played at 45 RPM.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: album

12

noun

Meaning 12

A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: married

14

noun

Meaning 14

A score of one run.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: dominoes, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A bill valued at $1.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal

Examples

  • I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A one-way ticket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canadian

Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rouge

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

A handful of gleaned grain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

A shot of only one character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

A single cigarette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

Synonym of single-driver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: single-driver

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To thin out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To take alone, or one by one; to single out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To reduce (a railway) to single track.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

adjective

Meaning 33

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • individual drops of rain
  • please mark the individual pages
  • they went their individual ways

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: individual

Antonyms: none provided

34

adjective

Meaning 34

not married or related to the unmarried state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unmarried men and women
  • unmarried life
  • sex and the single girl
  • single parenthood
  • are you married or single?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unmarried

Antonyms: none provided

35

adjective

Meaning 35

existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • upon the hill stood a single tower
  • had but a single thought which was to escape
  • a single survivor
  • a single serving
  • a single lens
  • a single thickness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: multiple

36

adjective

Meaning 36

used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: double

37

noun

Meaning 37

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bingle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: base hit, safety

Narrower terms: line-drive single, line single

38

noun

Meaning 38

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
  • they had lunch at one

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one, 1, I, ace, unity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digit, figure

Narrower terms: monad, monas, singleton

39

verb

Meaning 39

hit a single

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the batter singled to left field

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hit

History

Etymology

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.

From Old English sengel (“brushwood; burnt clearing”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a brushwood.

Across languages

Translations

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vetëm — not accompanied by anything else
  • Arabic: أَحَادِيّ (ʔaḥādiyy) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Bulgarian: еди́нствен (edínstven) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Catalan: sol — not accompanied by anything else
  • Catalan: únic — not accompanied by anything else
  • Chinese Cantonese: 單 /单 (daan1) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Chinese Cantonese: 單獨 /单独 (daan1 duk6) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單 /单 (dān) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單獨 /单独 (dāndú) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Corsican: solu — not accompanied by anything else
  • Corsican: singulu — not accompanied by anything else
  • Czech: samotný — not accompanied by anything else
  • Czech: jednotlivý — not accompanied by anything else
  • Dutch: enkel — not accompanied by anything else
  • Esperanto: ununura — not accompanied by anything else
  • Esperanto: unuopa — not accompanied by anything else
  • Finnish: yksi — not accompanied by anything else
  • Finnish: yksittäinen — not accompanied by anything else
  • French: seul — not accompanied by anything else
  • Friulian: sengul — not accompanied by anything else
  • Galician: só — not accompanied by anything else
  • Galician: soa — not accompanied by anything else
  • German: einzeln — not accompanied by anything else
  • German: einzig — not accompanied by anything else
  • German: allein — not accompanied by anything else
  • Ancient Greek: μόνος (mónos) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Ancient Greek: ἁπλόος (haplóos) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Hebrew: יָחִיד (yaḥíd) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Hindi: अकेला (akelā) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Irish: aonarach — not accompanied by anything else
  • Irish: aonartha — not accompanied by anything else
  • Irish: aonarúil — not accompanied by anything else
  • Italian: singolo — not accompanied by anything else
  • Italian: solo — not accompanied by anything else
  • Japanese: 一倍 (ichibai) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Japanese: 一重 (hitoe) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Latin: singulus — not accompanied by anything else
  • Malay: bujang — not accompanied by anything else
  • Māori: tōtahi — not accompanied by anything else
  • Old English: ānlīepe — not accompanied by anything else
  • Old Prussian: aīnunts — not accompanied by anything else
  • Persian: یک (yek) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Persian: یکدونه (yekdune) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Persian: یک دانه (yek dâne) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Polish: jeden — not accompanied by anything else
  • Polish: pojedynczy — not accompanied by anything else
  • Portuguese: único — not accompanied by anything else
  • Portuguese: particular — not accompanied by anything else
  • Portuguese: solitário — not accompanied by anything else
  • Romanian: singur — not accompanied by anything else
  • Russian: оди́н (odín) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Russian: одна́ (odná) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Russian: еди́нственный (jedínstvennyj) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Santali: ᱮᱠᱚ (ekô) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Serbo-Croatian: sam — not accompanied by anything else
  • Spanish: solo — not accompanied by anything else
  • Spanish: único — not accompanied by anything else
  • Spanish: señero — not accompanied by anything else
  • Swedish: enda — not accompanied by anything else
  • Swedish: enstaka — not accompanied by anything else
  • Thai: เดียว (diao) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Tocharian B: ṣeske — not accompanied by anything else
  • Tocharian B: ṣemeske — not accompanied by anything else
  • Tok Pisin: wanpela — not accompanied by anything else
  • Tok Pisin: wanpis — not accompanied by anything else
  • Turkish: tek — not accompanied by anything else
  • Turkish: yegâne — not accompanied by anything else
  • Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — not accompanied by anything else
  • Arabic: وَاحِد (wāḥid) — not divided in parts
  • Bulgarian: единен (edinen) — not divided in parts
  • Catalan: simple — not divided in parts
  • Finnish: yksi — not divided in parts
  • Finnish: jakamaton — not divided in parts
  • Galician: enteiro — not divided in parts
  • German: einzig — not divided in parts
  • German: einheitlich — not divided in parts
  • German: vereint — not divided in parts
  • German: gemeinsam — not divided in parts
  • Ancient Greek: ὅλος (hólos) — not divided in parts
  • Hindi: वाहिद (vāhid) — not divided in parts
  • Italian: intero — not divided in parts
  • Italian: unico — not divided in parts
  • Japanese: 単独 (tandoku) — not divided in parts
  • Māori: marohi — not divided in parts
  • Persian: یگانه (yegâne) — not divided in parts
  • Persian: واحد (vâhed) — not divided in parts
  • Persian: تک (tak) — not divided in parts
  • Polish: jeden — not divided in parts
  • Polish: jednolity — not divided in parts
  • Polish: cały — not divided in parts
  • Portuguese: inteiro — not divided in parts
  • Portuguese: unitário — not divided in parts
  • Romanian: unit — not divided in parts
  • Romanian: unitar — not divided in parts
  • Romanian: întreg — not divided in parts
  • Romanian: nedivizat — not divided in parts
  • Romanian: neîmpărțit — not divided in parts
  • Russian: еди́ный (jedínyj) — not divided in parts
  • Russian: це́лый (célyj) — not divided in parts
  • Spanish: solo — not divided in parts
  • Swedish: enhetlig — not divided in parts
  • Swedish: odelad — not divided in parts
  • Tok Pisin: wanpis — not divided in parts
  • Turkish: yekpare — not divided in parts
  • Turkish: bütün — not divided in parts
  • Bulgarian: единичен (ediničen) — designed for the use of only one
  • Finnish: yhden hengen — designed for the use of only one
  • German: einzel — designed for the use of only one
  • Greek: μονόκλινο (monóklino) — designed for the use of only one
  • Irish: singil — designed for the use of only one
  • Italian: singolo — designed for the use of only one
  • Malay: tunggal — designed for the use of only one
  • Persian: یکنفره (yek-nafare) — designed for the use of only one
  • Persian: تکی (taki) — designed for the use of only one
  • Polish: pojedynczy — designed for the use of only one
  • Polish: jednoosobowy — designed for the use of only one
  • Portuguese: particular — designed for the use of only one
  • Romanian: separat — designed for the use of only one
  • Romanian: individual — designed for the use of only one
  • Romanian: singular — designed for the use of only one
  • Romanian: porționat — designed for the use of only one
  • Russian: одина́рный (odinárnyj) — designed for the use of only one
  • Russian: для одного́ (dlja odnovó) — designed for the use of only one
  • Swedish: enkel — designed for the use of only one
  • Turkish: tek kişilik — designed for the use of only one
  • Arabic: أَعْزَب (ʔaʕzab) — not married nor dating
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُتَزَوِّج (ḡayr mutazawwij) — not married nor dating
  • Armenian: չամուսնացած (čʻamusnacʻac) — not married nor dating
  • Armenian: ամուրի (amuri) — not married nor dating
  • Bulgarian: сам (sam) — not married nor dating
  • Catalan: escàpol — not married nor dating
  • Catalan: solter — not married nor dating
  • Catalan: soltera — not married nor dating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨身 /独身 (dúshēn) — not married nor dating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單身 /单身 (dānshēn) — not married nor dating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 未婚 (wèihūn) — not married nor dating
  • Czech: svobodný — not married nor dating
  • Dutch: alleenstaand — not married nor dating
  • Evenki: halta beyi — not married nor dating
  • Finnish: naimaton — not married nor dating
  • Finnish: sinkku — not married nor dating
  • French: célibataire — not married nor dating
  • Galician: solteiro — not married nor dating
  • German: ledig — not married nor dating
  • German: unverheiratet — not married nor dating
  • German: alleinstehend — not married nor dating
  • German: single — not married nor dating
  • German: solo — not married nor dating
  • Greek: ανύπαντρος (anýpantros) — not married nor dating
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγαμος (ágamos) — not married nor dating
  • Ancient Greek: ἄνανδρος (ánandros) — not married nor dating
  • Hebrew: רַוָּק (raváq) — not married nor dating
  • Hebrew: פָּנוּי (panúy) — not married nor dating
  • Hindi: अविवाहित (avivāhit) — not married nor dating
  • Irish: singil — not married nor dating
  • Irish: díomhaoin — not married nor dating
  • Italian: single — not married nor dating
  • Italian: (donna) nubile — not married nor dating
  • Italian: (uomo) celibe — not married nor dating
  • Italian: scapolo — not married nor dating
  • Italian: solo — not married nor dating
  • Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — not married nor dating
  • Japanese: 未婚 (mikon) — not married nor dating
  • Japanese: 独り (hitori) — not married nor dating
  • Khmer: នៅលីវ (nɨv liiv) — not married nor dating
  • Khmer: លីវ (liiv) — not married nor dating
  • Latin: caelebs — not married nor dating
  • Low German: leddig — not married nor dating
  • Low German: ledig — not married nor dating
  • Luxembourgish: onbestuet — not married nor dating
  • Malay: bujang — not married nor dating
  • Māori: takakau — not married nor dating
  • Persian: سینگل (singel) — not married nor dating
  • Plautdietsch: lädich — not married nor dating
  • Polish: nieżonaty — not married nor dating
  • Polish: niezamężna — not married nor dating
  • Polish: wolny — not married nor dating
  • Portuguese: solteiro — not married nor dating
  • Romanian: celibatar — not married nor dating
  • Romanian: necăsătorit — not married nor dating
  • Romanian: burlac — not married nor dating
  • Russian: нежена́тый (neženátyj) — not married nor dating
  • Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — not married nor dating
  • Russian: незаму́жняя (nezamúžnjaja) — not married nor dating
  • Russian: одино́кий (odinókij) — not married nor dating
  • Campidanese Sardinian: bagadìu — not married nor dating
  • Campidanese Sardinian: solteri — not married nor dating
  • Sardinian: bayanu — not married nor dating
  • Sardinian: éniu — not married nor dating
  • Sassarese: vagiànu — not married nor dating
  • Serbo-Croatian: neoženjen — not married nor dating
  • Serbo-Croatian: sam — not married nor dating
  • Spanish: soltero — not married nor dating
  • Swedish: ensamstående — not married nor dating
  • Swedish: ogift — not married nor dating
  • Thai: โสด (sòot) — not married nor dating
  • Turkish: bekâr — not married nor dating
  • Turkish: boydak — not married nor dating
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — not married nor dating
  • Ottoman Turkish: بكار (bekâr) — not married nor dating
  • Vietnamese: độc thân — not married nor dating
  • Volapük: selibik — not married nor dating
  • Welsh: sengl — not married nor dating
  • Yiddish: ליידיק (leydik) — not married nor dating
  • Swedish: enkel — botany: having only one rank or row of petal
  • Bulgarian: сингъл (singǎl) — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Catalan: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單曲 /单曲 (dānqū) — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Dutch: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Esperanto: unuopaĵo — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Finnish: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Finnish: sinkku — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • German: Single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Hungarian: kislemez — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Indonesian: tembang — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Indonesian: singel — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Irish: singil — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Japanese: シングル (shinguru) — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Korean: 싱글 (singgeul) — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Māori: takakau — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Bokmål: singel — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Bokmål: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Bokmål: singelplate — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: singel — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: singelplate — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Portuguese: single — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Russian: сингл (singl) — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Serbo-Croatian: сингл — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Serbo-Croatian: singl — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Spanish: sencillo — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Swedish: singel — 45 RPM vinyl record
  • Arabic: إصدار منفرد (ʔiṣdār munfarid) — popular song
  • Arabic: أغنية منفردة (ʔuḡniya munfarida) — popular song
  • Arabic: سنقل (sanqul) — popular song
  • Bulgarian: сингъл (singǎl) — popular song
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單曲 /单曲 (dānqū) — popular song
  • Corsican: singolu — popular song
  • Esperanto: unuopaĵo — popular song
  • Finnish: single — popular song
  • Finnish: sinkku — popular song
  • French: single — popular song
  • French: simple — popular song
  • German: Single — popular song
  • German: Singleauskopplung — popular song
  • Hungarian: kislemez — popular song
  • Irish: singil — popular song
  • Italian: singolo — popular song
  • Japanese: シングル (shinguru) — popular song
  • Korean: 싱글 (singgeul) — popular song
  • Persian: تکآهنگ (tak-âhang) — popular song
  • Polish: singel — popular song
  • Polish: singiel — popular song
  • Polish: kawałek — popular song
  • Portuguese: single — popular song
  • Russian: сингл (singl) — popular song
  • Scots: single — popular song
  • Serbo-Croatian: сингл — popular song
  • Serbo-Croatian: singl — popular song
  • Sicilian: singulu — popular song
  • Spanish: sencillo — popular song
  • Swedish: singel — popular song
  • Vietnamese: đĩa đơn — popular song
  • Arabic: عَزَب (ʕazab) — one who is not married
  • Bulgarian: ерген (ergen) — one who is not married
  • Bulgarian: мома (moma) — one who is not married
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨身者 /独身者 (dúshēnzhě) — one who is not married
  • Czech: single — one who is not married
  • Dutch: vrijgezel — one who is not married
  • Finnish: naimaton — one who is not married
  • Finnish: sinkku — one who is not married
  • French: célibataire — one who is not married
  • Galician: solteiro — one who is not married
  • Galician: solteira — one who is not married
  • Gallurese: vaggjànu — one who is not married
  • German: Alleinstehender — one who is not married
  • German: Alleinstehende — one who is not married
  • German: Solomann — one who is not married
  • German: Solofrau — one who is not married
  • German: Junggeselle — one who is not married
  • German: Junggesellin — one who is not married
  • German: Jungfrau — one who is not married
  • German: Hagestolz — one who is not married
  • German: Single — one who is not married
  • Hindi: सिंगल (siṅgal) — one who is not married
  • Hindi: अविवाहित (avivāhit) — one who is not married
  • Italian: celibe — one who is not married
  • Italian: nubile — one who is not married
  • Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — one who is not married
  • Korean: 독신 (doksin) — one who is not married
  • Korean: 독신자 (doksinja) — one who is not married
  • Persian: سینگل (singel) — one who is not married
  • Polish: singel — one who is not married
  • Polish: singiel — one who is not married
  • Polish: kawaler — one who is not married
  • Polish: panna — one who is not married
  • Portuguese: solteira — one who is not married
  • Portuguese: solteiro — one who is not married
  • Russian: холостя́к (xolostják) — one who is not married
  • Russian: незаму́жняя же́нщина (nezamúžnjaja žénščina) — one who is not married
  • Russian: одино́чка (odinóčka) — one who is not married
  • Campidanese Sardinian: bagadìu — one who is not married
  • Campidanese Sardinian: solteri — one who is not married
  • Sardinian: bayanu — one who is not married
  • Sardinian: éniu — one who is not married
  • Sassarese: vagiànu — one who is not married
  • Serbo-Croatian: singl — one who is not married
  • Spanish: soltero — one who is not married
  • Spanish: soltera — one who is not married
  • Swedish: ensamstående — one who is not married
  • Swedish: ogift — one who is not married
  • Swedish: singel — one who is not married
  • Catalan: batada d'una base — baseball: hit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單打 /单打 (dāndǎ) — baseball: hit
  • French: simple — baseball: hit
  • Japanese: 単打 (tanda) — baseball: hit
  • Korean: 단타 (danta) — baseball: hit
  • Korean: 1루타 (illuta) — baseball: hit
  • Bulgarian: еднодоларова банкнота (ednodolarova banknota) — bill valued at $1
  • German: Einer — bill valued at $1
  • Central Kurdish: تاک دۆلاری (tak dolarî) — bill valued at $1
  • Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram) — to identify or select one member of a group
  • Bulgarian: избера (izbera) — to identify or select one member of a group
  • Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to identify or select one member of a group
  • Bulgarian: отделя (otdelja) — to identify or select one member of a group
  • Finnish: valita — to identify or select one member of a group
  • Finnish: poimia — to identify or select one member of a group
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