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uni-

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

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prefix

Meaning 1

one, single

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: едно- (edno-) — one
  • Catalan: uni- — one
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一 (yī) — one
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單 /单 (dān) — one
  • Dutch: uni- — one
  • French: uni- — one
  • Galician: uni- — one
  • Georgian: უნი- (uni-) — one
  • Georgian: ერთ- (ert-) — one
  • German: uni- — one
  • German: ein- — one
  • Greek: μονο- (mono-) — one
  • Icelandic: ein- — one
  • Ido: mono- — one
  • Indonesian: eka- — one
  • Interlingua: uni- — one
  • Italian: uni- — one
  • Japanese: 一 — one
  • Japanese: 単 (tan) — one
  • Japanese: ユニ (yuni) — one
  • Malay: eka- — one
  • Old English: ān- — one
  • Russian: одно- (odno-) — one
  • Russian: едино- (jedino-) — one
  • Russian: уни- (uni-) — one
  • Spanish: uni- — one