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English

rank|about|its|time|74|only|like|little|now

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK): IPA|/��nli�/, SAMPA|/@Unli:/
(General American|US): IPA|/o�nli/, SAMPA|/oUnli/
audio|en-us-only.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: on·ly

Etymology
Old English ænlic|ǣnlī�, from Germanic (corresponding to one + -ly). Cognate with Swedish enlig �unified�, obsolete Dutch eenlijk.

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. singular; part of a relatively small number

#: he is the only doctor for miles

1. without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender

#: he is their only son, infact, an only child

1. singularly superior; the best

Derived terms
only child

Translations

Armenian: Õ½Õ¸Õ½Õ¯ (sosk)
Bulgarian: един��вен
Czech: jediný
Dutch: t+|nl|enig
Esperanto: t-|eo|sola|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|ainus
Finnish: t+|fi|ainoa, t-|fi|ainut
Georgian: ��������� (ert�adert�i)
German: einzig
Greek: μοναδικ�� (monadikós) m, μοναδική (monadikí) f, μοναδικ� (monadikó) n, μ�νο� (mónos) m, μ�νη (móni) f, μ�νο (móno) n
Hebrew: he-translation|����|y'khíd|wv=�ְ�ִ��
Hungarian: egyetlen (1)
Ido: nura
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ت����ا|trtanhA|scKUchar
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Latin: t-|la|unicus
Malayalam: മാത�ര� (maathram)
Nahuatl: ça, çan
trreq|Polish
Portuguese: t+|pt|único
Romanian: t|ro|singur, t|ro|unic
Russian: един��венн�й (jedínstvennij) m, един��венна� (jedínstvennaja) f
Spanish único
trreq|Slovak
Slovene: edin
Swedish: t-|sv|enda
Telugu: ����, ���, �����ాన����
trreq|Turkish
trreq|Ukrainian

Adverb
only

1. without others or anything further; exclusively

#: my heart is hers, and hers only

1. no more than; just

#: if there were only one more ticket!

1. as recently as

#: he left only moments ago

Derived terms
if and only if
only if

Translations
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trreq|Albanian
Arabic: Arab|��ط IPAchar|(fáqa�)
trreq|Armenian
Bulgarian: �амо (samo)
Chinese: �� (zh�y�u]], ��� (wéiyī de), ��� (j�ny�u de)
Czech: jen, jenom, pouze
Danish: t-|da|kun, t-|da|bare
Dutch: (1) alleen, (2) maar, slechts, (3) pas, net
Esperanto: t-|eo|nur|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: ainult
Finnish: vain#Finnish|vain, ainoastaan
French: t+|fr|seulement
Georgian: ������ (mxolod)
German: einzig, nur#German|nur
Greek: μ�νο (móno)
Hebrew: he-translation|רק|rak|wv=רַק
Hungarian: csak, kizárólag
Ido: nur
Italian: t+|it|solo, t+|it|solamente
Japanese: ����� (tada hitotsu), ��� (�����, yuiitsu no), ...�� (...dake)
trans-mid
Korean: ��� (yuilhan)
Kurdish:

trreq|Latvian
Lithuanian: t-|lt|tik|xs=Lithuanian
trreq|Mongolian
trreq|Persian
Polish: t+|pl|tylko
Portuquese: somente, apenas
Romanian: t-|ro|numai
Russian: t+|ru|�ол�ко|trtól�ko|scCyrl
Slovene: samo
Spanish: t-|es|sólo, t-|es|solamente, t-|es|únicamente
Swedish: bara#Swedish|bara, endast#Swedish|endast
Thai: Thai|�อ� (eng), Thai|����ี� (kâe née)
trreq|Turkish
Ukrainian: ��л�ки (til�ky)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|ch�|xsVietnamese, t-|vi|ch� thôi|xsVietnamese
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Conjunction
only

1. but; except

#: I would enjoy running only I have this broken leg

Translations
trans-top|but; except
Catalan: però
Czech: jenže
Dutch: t+|nl|maar
Finnish: mutta, paitsi että
Georgian: ������ ������ (magram aramed)
German: t+|de|aber, t+|de|doch
trans-mid
Greek: μ�νο (móno)
Hungarian: t+|hu|csak
Italian: t+|it|ma
Portuguese: t+|pt|mas
Russian: но (no)
Spanish: t+|es|pero, t+|es|ojalá
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Related terms
if only

Category:100 English basic words

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zh-min-nan:only
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ko:only
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kk:only
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la:only
hu:only
ja:only
pl:only
pt:only
simple:only
fi:only
sv:only
ta:only
te:only
vi:only
tr:only
uk:only
zh:only

• 2008-01-02 06:45 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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