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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Preposition 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Antonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Pronoun 3 Crimean Tatar 3.1 Cardinal number 4 Croatian 4.1 Pronoun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Czech 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Pronoun 5.2.1 Related terms 5.3 See also 6 Dutch 6.1 Adverb 7 Estonian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Verb 8 Finnish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Verb 9 French 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Pronoun 9.2.1 Synonyms 10 Japanese 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Derived terms 11 Lingua Franca Nova 11.1 Pronoun 12 Old English 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Preposition 13 Polish 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Pronoun 13.3 See also 14 Slovak 14.1 Pronoun 14.1.1 Related terms 14.2 See also 15 Slovene 15.1 Pronoun 15.1.1 Related terms 16 Swedish 16.1 Noun 17 Turkish 17.1 Cardinal number 18 Volapük 18.1 Cardinal number 18.2 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ŏn, IPA: /ɒn/, SAMPA: /Qn/
• (US) IPA: /ɑn/, /ɔn/, SAMPA: /An/, /On/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒn

[edit] Etymology

Old English on, originally an. From Germanic *ana. Related forms: Οld High German ana (German an, Οld Dutch an, ane (Dutch aan), Οld Frisian ana, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Οld Norse á, Icelandic á, Faeroese á, Danish på, Swedish, på, Norwegian på. Possibly related to Greek ἀνά (“‘upward’”).

[edit] Preposition

on

1. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.

   on the table

   on the couch

2. covering
3. At the date of.

   Born on the 4th of July.

4. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.

   A book on history.

   The World Summit on the Information Society.

5. Touching; hanging from.

   I have no money on me.

   The fruit on the trees.

   The painting hangs on the wall.

6. (mathematics, mapping both from and to, a function on "V") Having V as both domain and codomain.
7. (mathematics, mapping both from and to, an operator on "V") Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain.
8. Because of, or due to something.

   To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.

   To contact someone on a hunch.

   The stock price increased on news of a new product.

9. Paid for by.

   The drinks are on me tonight, boys.

   The meal is on the house.

[edit] Derived terms

• depend on
• put on airs

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

on (not comparable)

1. active, functioning, operating
2. (cricket) in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman; leg

[edit] Antonyms

• (active, functioning, operating): off

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[edit] Adverb

on (not comparable)

1. to an operating state

   turn the television on

2. along, forwards (continuing an action)

   drive on, rock on

[edit] Antonyms

• (to an operating state): off

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: no

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Pronoun

on

1. where

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Cardinal number

on

1. (cardinal) ten

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Pronoun

ȏn

1. he

[edit] Declension

Declension of on	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
Genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
Dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
Accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je, nju	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
Vocative	-	-	-	-	-	-
Locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
Instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Pronoun

on

1. he (third person personal, m. 'sg.)

[edit] Related terms

• ona, ono
• oni, ony

[edit] See also

• já
• ty
• my
• vy

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Adverb

on

1. rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Etymology

Inflected form of olema.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [on]

[edit] Verb

on

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of olema.

   See on seal.

   It is there.

   See on seal olnud.

   It has been there.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

Inflected form of olla.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [on]
• Hyphenation: on

[edit] Verb

on

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of olla.

   Se on tuolla.

   It is there.

   Se on ollut tuolla.

   It has been there.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Pronoun

on

1. one, people, someone
2. we

[edit] Synonyms

• quelqu'un
• nous

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

on (hiragana おん)

1. 音: sound; note
2. 恩: obligation

[edit] Derived terms

• on'yomi

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[edit] Lingua Franca Nova

on

[edit] Pronoun

on

1. one, people, someone

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *ana

[edit] Preposition

on

1. on

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔn/
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[edit] Pronoun

on (plural: personal only oni, all other one)

1. he for animate, it for inanimate (third person, m. sg.).

[edit] See also

• Declension.

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Pronoun

on

1. he (third person, personal, m. sg.)

[edit] Related terms

• ona, ono
• oni, ony

[edit] See also

• ja
• ty
• my
• vy

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[edit] Slovene

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on m. (third-person masculine singular personal pronoun)

1. he

[edit] Related terms

• ona

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

on

1. Plural form of letter o.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Cardinal number

on

1. (cardinal) ten

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Cardinal number

on (bal)

1. (cardinal) one

[edit] Pronoun

on

1. one, neuter of person