once
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See also: önce
English
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| Cardinal: one Ordinal: first Latinate ordinal: primary Reverse order ordinal: last Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate Adverbial: one time, once Multiplier: onefold Latinate multiplier: single Distributive: singly Group collective: onesome Multipart collective: singlet Greek or Latinate collective: monad Greek collective prefix: mono- Latinate collective prefix: uni- Fractional: whole Elemental: singlet Greek prefix: proto- Number of musicians: solo Number of years: year | ||||
Etymology 1
From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitival suffix -es. Compare Old Saxon ēnes (“once”), Old High German eines, einēst (“once”), modern German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.
Pronunciation
- enPR: wŭn(t)s, IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/
- (UK) IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/, /wɒn(t)s/
- (US) IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌns
Adverb
once (not comparable)
- (frequency) One and only one time.
- I have only once eaten pizza.
- Synonym: one time
- (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
- He was once the most handsome man around.
- I once had a bicycle just like that one.
- Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., , →OCLC:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
- 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
- The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
- 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
- Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
- (chiefly obsolete) At any time; ever.
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in , volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- The wisdom of God thought fit to acquaint David with that court which we shall once govern.
- If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble.
- (obsolete) One day, someday.
- (mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
- Once three is three.
Synonyms
- (one time): See Thesaurus:once
- (formerly): See Thesaurus:formerly
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
one and only one time
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formerly
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as soon as — see as soon as
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Translations to be checked
See also
- at once
- for once
- for once and for all
- measure twice and cut once
- not even once
- once again, once more
- once and again
- once and away
- once and for all
- once for all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a purple moon
- once in a way
- once in a while
- once more into the breach
- once or twice
- once over
- once-over
- once removed
- once upon a time
- once you go black
- write once
- you only go around once
- you only go around once in life
- you only live once
Conjunction
once
- As soon as; when; after.
- We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!
- Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.
- Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.
- 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.
- 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
Translations
as soon as
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Etymology 2
Noun
once (plural onces)
Anagrams
Asturian
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| Cardinal : once Ordinal : decimoprimeru | ||
Etymology
Numeral
once (indeclinable)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
once f (plural onces)
- ounce (avoirdupois ounce)
- (figuratively, by extension) a little bit
Descendants
- → Turkish: ons
Etymology 2
From a rebracketing of Old French lonce which became l'once (la + once), itself from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), or possibly borrowed from Italian lonza.
Noun
once f (plural onces)
Further reading
- “once”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
once f (plural oncis)
Galician
| ← 10 | 11 | 12 → [a], [b] |
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| Cardinal (standard): once Cardinal (reintegrationist): onze Ordinal: undécimo, décimo primeiro Ordinal abbreviation: 11º Fractional (standard): onceavo Fractional (reintegrationist): onze avos | ||
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
- Hyphenation: on‧ce
Numeral
once (indeclinable)
Italian
Noun
once f
Anagrams
Middle English
Adverb
once
- Alternative form of ones
Spanish
| ← 10 | 11 | 12 → |
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| Cardinal: once Ordinal: undécimo, decimoprimero, décimo primero Apocopated ordinal: decimoprimer, décimo primer Ordinal abbreviation: 11.º Multiplier: undécuplo Fractional: onceavo, undécimo | ||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 11 | ||
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈonθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈonse/
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -onθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -onse
- Syllabification: on‧ce
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.
Numeral
once
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Snacks were typically taken at 11 am.
Noun
once f pl (plural only)
- (Latin America) elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)
- tomar las once ― to have elevenses
Further reading
- “once”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014