only

Etymology
From, , , , , from , , from , equivalent to. Cognate with obsolete 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in.

Adjective

 * 1) Alone in a category.
 * 2) Singularly superior; the best.
 * 3) Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
 * 4) * 1949, and, , dedication:
 * To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
 * 1)  Mere.
 * 1) Singularly superior; the best.
 * 2) Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
 * 3) * 1949, and, , dedication:
 * To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
 * 1)  Mere.
 * 1) * 1949, and, , dedication:
 * To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
 * 1)  Mere.
 * 1)  Mere.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:sole

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وَحِيد
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: অকল, মাথোঁ, মাথোন
 * Azerbaijani: bircə,
 * Belarusian: адзі́ны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏌ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: eneste
 * Dutch:
 * East Central German: aanzich
 * Esperanto:, nura
 * Estonian: ainus, ainuke
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: unicque
 * Friulian: sôl
 * Fula: tan, tun
 * Georgian: ერთადერთი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μόνος, οἶος
 * Greenlandic: -innaq
 * Haitian Creole: sèl
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , , , , , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: eini, eina, einu
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: ainava
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 유일한, 하나밖에 없는
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تەنھا
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vienīgs
 * Macedonian: единствен
 * Malayalam:, ,  ഒരൊറ്റ
 * Mandinka: dorong
 * Maori: anahe, anake
 * Marathi: एकमात्र
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Nahuatl: ça, çan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: einaste
 * Old English: ān
 * Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز
 * Persian:
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk: uni
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: sapa
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali: ᱮᱠᱚ
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: једини
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: jediný
 * Slovene: edin
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: peke
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:, ఒకే, ఒక్కగానొక్క
 * Tocharian B: ṣemeske
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: єди́ний
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Catalan: fill únic, filla única
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: geschwisterlos,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: ainava
 * Italian:, figlio unico
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: waħdu, waħidha, weħidha, waħedha
 * Maore Comorian: moja moja
 * Maori: huatahi, tautahi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, hijo único
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani: birnömrəli
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: pūharu
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: tốt nhất

Adverb

 * 1) Without others or anything further; exclusively.
 * 2) No more than; just.
 * 3) * 1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, , dedication:
 * To DAD
 * who only reared twelve children
 * and
 * To MOTHER
 * who reared twelve only children
 * 1) As recently as.
 * 2) * c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
 * Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
 * She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
 * They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
 * I helped him out only for him to betray me.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.
 * 1) As recently as.
 * 2) * c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
 * Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
 * She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
 * They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
 * I helped him out only for him to betray me.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.
 * She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
 * They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
 * I helped him out only for him to betray me.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.
 * They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
 * I helped him out only for him to betray me.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.
 * I helped him out only for him to betray me.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.
 * 1)  Above all others; particularly.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:solely
 * See also Thesaurus:merely

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, bircə, , sırf
 * Basque: soilik
 * Belarusian: то́лькі
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Carpathian Rusyn: лем, лиш
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 淨係
 * Eastern Min: 儷
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Danish:, bare
 * Dutch:, alleen maar, ,
 * Estonian:, , üksnes
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ne...que,
 * Middle French: unicquement
 * Fula: tan, tun
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მხოლოდ,
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μόνον
 * Guaraní: año
 * Haitian Creole: sèlman
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: vaa, ikkee, aima
 * Interlingua: solmente
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin:, , , tantummodo
 * Latvian:, vienīgi, vien
 * Macedonian: само
 * Malay:, sahaja
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: anahe, anake
 * Marathi: ,
 * Mbyá Guaraní: anho
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Occitan: solament
 * Old Tupi: anhõ
 * Persian:
 * Dari: ,
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Pipil: sema, cema, semaya, cemaya
 * Plautdietsch: blooss
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: само
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: len,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tarantino: sule
 * Turkish:, , bir tek
 * Ukrainian:, лише́
 * Urdu: صرف
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: yn unig, dim ond


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 淨係
 * Eastern Min: 儷
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: bloos
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μόνον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Istriot: sulo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao: ເທົ່ານັ້ນ
 * Latin: ,
 * Malay:, sahaja
 * Marathi: ,
 * Ojibwe: eta
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: blooss
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: само
 * Roman:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: jano
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: صرف
 * Venetian: sólo
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: dim ond


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: fa just, fa només
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Malay:, sahaja
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: chỉ mới


 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Georgian:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Nynorsk:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:

Conjunction

 * 1)  Under the condition that; but.
 * You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it.
 * 1) But; except.
 * She would get good results only she gets nervous.
 * She would get good results only she gets nervous.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, , sillä ehdolla, että
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh:


 * Albanian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, si no fos que
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Khmer:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: то́лько вот, ,
 * Ukrainian: одна́к, проте́


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, paitsi että
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Polish: tyle że
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: за исключе́нием того́, что


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Spanish: ,

Noun

 * 1) An only child.