Once Definition
once
See also önce
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English
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From Middle English ones (genitive of on (“one”) used adverbally), from Old English ānes (“of one”), genitive of ān (“one”). Compare Old Saxon ēnes (Dutch eens, “once”), Old High German einēst (German einst, “once”). More at one, -s.
Pronunciation
- enPR: wŭn(t)s, IPA: /wʌn(t)s/, SAMPA: /wVn(t)s/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌns
- one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone, only and atone. Stressed vowels often become diphthongs over time (Latin bona → Italian buona and Spanish buena), and this happened in the late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.
Adverb
once (not comparable)
- (frequency) One and only one time.
- I have only once eaten pizza.
- (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.
- (mathematics) multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one
- once three is three.
Coordinate terms
See also
- once again, once more
- once and for all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once removed
- once upon a time
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”, 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.
Translations
as soon asStatistics
Anagrams
Asturian
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| Cardinal : once Ordinal : decimoprimeru | ||
Etymology
From Latin ūndecim.
Numeral
once (indeclinable)
- (cardinal) eleven
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Latin uncia
Noun
once f. (plural onces)
- ounce
- (figuratively, by extension) a little bit
Etymology 2
From Old French lonce which become l'once (la + once), itself from Vulgar Latin *luncea < Latin lynx, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ, or possibly borrowed from Italian lonza.
Noun
once f. (plural onces)
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Galician
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| Cardinal : once Ordinal : undécimo | ||
Etymology
From Latin ūndecim.
Numeral
once (indeclinable)
- (cardinal) eleven
Italian
Noun
once f. pl.
- Plural form of oncia.
Anagrams
Spanish
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| Cardinal : once Ordinal : undécimo | ||
Pronunciation
- (Dialects with z merged to s) IPA: /ˈon.se/, SAMPA: /"on.se/
- (Dialects with z/s distinction, Dialects with s merged to z) IPA: /ˈon.θe/, SAMPA: /"on.Te/
Etymology 1
From Latin ūndecim, from unus "one" + decem "ten"
Cardinal number
once
- (cardinal) eleven
Etymology 2
Snacks were typically taken at 11 am.
Noun
once f. (plural onces) also onces f. pl.
- (Latin America) snack (bread with tea or coffee).
Related terms
- onceno
- onces
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