one's

See also:ones,and-ones

English

Alternative forms

• ones(obsolete)

Etymology 1

Fromone+‎-'s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wʌnz/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ʌnz
• Homophone:ones

Determiner

one's

1. Belongingtoone.

Usage notes

• Unlike most other possessive determiners (my,youretc., except forhisandits),one’shas a word-finals,but unlike possessive pronouns (yours,hers,theirs), it is spelled with anapostrophe.

Translations

belonging to one

• Belarusian:свойm(svoj)
• Bulgarian:свойm(svoj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tự kỷ đích(zh)(zìjǐ de)

• Czech:svůj(cs)m
• Dutch:zijn(nl)
• Esperanto:onia(eo)
• Finnish:-nsa(fi),-nsä(fi),-an(fi),-än(fi)
• French:son(fr)m,sa(fr)f,ses(fr)pl
• Georgian:ვისიმე(visime),ვისამე(visame),ვინმესი(vinmesi)
• German:sein(de)m,seine(de)f
• Hindi:अपना(hi)(apnā)
• Hungarian:-a(hu),-e(hu),-ja,-je
• Italian:proprio(it),suo(it)(informal)
• Japanese:Tự phân の(ja)(じぶんの, jibun no)
• Korean:자신의(ko)(jasin-ui)
• Macedonian:својm(svoj)
• Malayalam:ഒരാളുടെ(orāḷuṭe)
• Polish:swój(pl)m
• Portuguese:seu(pt),dealguém
• Romanian:său(ro)m,saf,săimpl,sale(ro)fpl
• Russian:свой(ru)m(svoj),своя́(ru)f(svojá),своё(ru)n(svojó),свои́(ru)pl(svoí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:својm

  Roman:svoj(sh)m

• Slovak:svojm
• Slovene:svój
• Spanish:su(es)m,suyo(es)m,suya(es)f,sus(es)mpl,suyos(es)mpl,suyas(es)fpl
• Swedish:sin(sv)c,sitt(sv)n,sina(sv)pl,ens(sv)
• Tamil:தன்(ta)(taṉ)
• Ukrainian:свій(uk)m(svij),своя́f(svojá),своє́n(svojé),свої́(uk)pl(svojí)
• Urdu:اپنا(ur)(apnā)

Etymology 2

Contraction ofoneis.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/wʌns/,/wʌnz/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ʌns,-ʌnz
• Homophone:once,ones

Contraction

one's

1. Contraction ofoneis.

   Thisone'sfor you.

Anagrams

• ENSO,Enos,NEOs,Neso,SONE,Sone,eons,neos,noes,nose,sone