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Definitions and meaning of on

on

Pronunciation

(British Isles, Eastern New England) enPR: ŏn, IPA^(key): /ɒn/
(Southern American English, Midland US) IPA^(key): /ɔn/
(Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ɔʊn/
(Northern US, Canada, cot–caught merger) enPR: än, IPA^(key): /ɑn/
Rhymes: -ɒn
Homophone: awn (Midland American English, Southern American English, Cot-Caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.

Cognate with North Frisian a (“on, in”), Saterland Frisian an (“on, at”), West Frisian oan (“on, at”), Dutch aan (“on, at, to”), Low German an (“on, at”), German an (“to, at, on”), Swedish å (“on, at, in”), Faroese á (“on, onto, in, at”), Icelandic á (“on, in”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, upon”), Albanian në (“in”); and from Old Norse upp á: Danish på, Swedish på, Norwegian på, see upon.

Adjective

on (not comparable)

In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
Antonym: off

All the lights are on, so they must be home.
Performing according to schedule; taking place.

That TV programme that you wanted to watch is on now.
Fitted; covering or being worn.
Your feet will soon warm up once your socks are on.

I was trying to drink out of the bottle while the top was still on!
(postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
The photograph shows the UFO side on.

edge on, side on, end on, face on
(chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
(often negative) Possible; capable of being successfully carried out.
(informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
(baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
(cricket) Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
Synonym: leg; Antonym: off

The captain moved two fielders to the on side.

Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping on drive.
(snooker, postpositive) Of a ball, being the next in sequence to be potted, according to the rules of the game.
(acting, drama, roleplaying games) Acting in character.
(informal, of a person) Performative or funny in a wearying manner.
He always has to be on, it's so exhausting.
(euphemistic) Menstruating.

Synonyms

(baseball: positioned at a base): on base (not informal)

Translations

Adverb

on (not comparable)

For idiomatic meanings of phrasal verbs, such as carry on, hang on, have on, try on, etc., please see the individual entries.

To an operating state.
So as to cover or be fitted.
The lid wasn't screwed on properly.

Put on your hat and gloves.
Along, forwards (continuing an action).
In continuation, at length.
(obsolete in the US) Later.
Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
Antonym: against

That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.

Synonyms

(later): after, afterward/afterwards, later, subsequently, thence

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "active, functioning, operating"): off
(antonym(s) of "to an operating state"): off

Translations

Preposition

Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.

The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
He had a scar on the side of his face.

There is a dirty smudge on this window.
Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.
All of the responsibility is on him.

I put a bet on the winning horse.
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
At or in (a certain region or location).
The lighthouse that you can see is on the mainland.

The suspect is thought to still be on the campus.
Near; adjacent to; alongside; just off.
Supported by (the specified part of itself).
So as to impart force to.
tug on the rope; push hard on the door
So as to impact; against.
I stubbed my toe on an old tree stump.
Covering.
(with certain modes of transport, especially public transport) Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
on a bus, on a train, on a plane, on a ferry, on a yacht
At the date of.
Sometime during the day of.
At a given time after the start of something; at.
Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
(informal) In the possession of.
Because of; due to; upon the basis of (something not yet confirmed as true).
Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
Paid for by.
Indicating a means or medium.
Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
They planned an attack on London.

The soldiers mutinied and turned their guns on their officers.
Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
(especially Ireland) Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
Indicating the position that one has reached in a sequence.
I'm on question four.
Indicating a means of subsistence.
Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
Regularly taking (a drug).
Under the influence of (a drug, or something that is causing drug-like effects).
(mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
(mathematics) Having $V^{n}$ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
(mathematics) Generated by.
(mathematics, uncommon) Divided by.
Synonym: over
In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
(obsolete, regional) of
Indicating dependence or reliance.
(obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
Serving as a member of.
By virtue of; with the pledge of.
1. (informal, cheifly in set phrases) Ellipsis of I swear on: on my life, on God, on everything, etc.
To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
(especially when numbers of combatants or competitors are specified) Against; in opposition to.
The fight was three on one, and he never stood a chance.
(philosophy, logic) According to, from the standpoint of; expressing what must follow, whether accepted or not, if a given premise or system is assumed true.
(snooker) In a position of being able to pot (a given ball).
All the way around the table, off four cushions, and ... and he's on the black!

Synonyms

(dealing with the subject of): about, apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about
(because of): by dint of, due to; See also Thesaurus:because of

Derived terms

Related terms

depend (on)
put on airs

Translations

Verb

on (third-person singular simple present ons, present participle oning or onning, simple past and past participle oned or onned)

(Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Nigeria, transitive, colloquial) To switch on.
Synonym: turn on

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ón, án (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēnu, *ēno, *ino (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḗnu (“without”). Cognate with North Frisian on (“without”), Middle Dutch an, on (“without”), Middle Low German āne (“without”), German ohne (“without”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌿 (inu, “without, except”), Ancient Greek ἄνευ (áneu, “without”).

Alternative forms

Preposition

(UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

Usually followed by a present participle, as being, having, etc.

Etymology 3

From Japanese 音読み (on'yomi, literally “sound reading”).

Noun

In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.

Related terms

References

“on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

N.O., NO, No, No., no, no.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (on, “ten”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

References

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /on/, [õ̞n]

Adjective

on (comparative hobe, superlative onen or hoberen, excessive onegi)

good
useful, convenient

Declension

Catalan

Alternative forms

ahont, hon, hont (archaic)
ont

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan on (“whence”), from Latin unde (“whence”). Compare Occitan ont, Old French ont (French dont), Spanish onde.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈon]

Adverb

where

References

“on” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“on”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“on” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“on” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

un (widely in free variation)
en (some western dialects)

Etymology

The native form in most dialects was Old High German indi, whence the variant en. In parts of the Eifel, this indi regularly becomes on (compare Luxembourgish an). In southern and eastern dialects, on the other hand, on may have been inherited from the Old High German variant unde (unti). From these two groups of dialects, the form will have spread, without doubt under influence of German und.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /on/

Conjunction

and
Salz on Päfer
salt and pepper

Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun

on, ōn

(demonstrative) that; those

Related terms

References

Michel Launey with Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon Kindle: Cambridge University Press, page Loc 1408

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɔːn]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [oːn]

Noun

on m (plural en)

lamb

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ōn.

Numeral

References

“on”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech on, from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈon]
Rhymes: -on

Pronoun

on m

he (third person personal singular)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Dutch

Adverb

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

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈon/, [ˈon]
Rhymes: -on
Hyphenation: on

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of olema
third-person plural present indicative of olema

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈon/, [ˈo̞n]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification^(key): on

Verb

third-person singular indicative present of olla

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

l’on (formal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French hom, om (nominative form), from Latin homō (“human being”) (compare homme from the Old French oblique form home, from the Latin accusative form hominem). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“person”); Catalan hom; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”). In the second sense, meaning "we", also compare the development Malay kita orang (“we (incl.) + person”) and also dialectal kitorang, kitong, torang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /ɔ.n‿/
Homophone: ont

Pronoun

(indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
Synonyms: quelqu’un (in some contexts), l’on (formal)
- 2003, Natasha St. Pier, L’instant d’après (album), Quand on cherche l’amour (song)
On ne peut pas pêcher ici ― You can’t fish here
(personal, informal) we
Synonym: nous (in some contexts)
On s’est amusés. ― We had fun.

Usage notes

In informal and standard conversational French, on has almost completely replaced the pronoun nous (“we”) to indicate that a sentence or clause has a first-person plural as its subject. However, nous is still favored in formal writing and speech, and is still used colloquially as a disjunctive reinforcing nominative on, as well as to indicate direct and indirect objects. It may be used for reflexive objects, but as this is potentially ambiguous, these are also indicated with the reflexive pronoun se — especially with reinforcement from disjunctive nous, which clarifies that the speaker means "we" and not "one," i.e. a generalized indefinite subject. This clarification can also be achieved by the use of tous.
On est toujours là. ― We're still here.

Nous, on s’y fait. ― We get used to it.

On connait tous la chanson qu’elle chante. ― We all know which song she is singing.

Nous, on l’a tous vu. ― We all saw it.
The verb is always conjugated in the third-person singular, but if the pronoun refers to a first-person plural, the attribute agrees in gender and number.
On est venu ici. ― One came here.

On y est allés / allées. ― We went there.

On est prêts / prêtes. ― We are ready.
The variant l’on is used in more formal or literary contexts. Some use it especially after que (que l'on) to avoid the contraction qu’on, which is homophonous with the vulgar word con.

Related terms

Descendants

→ Esperanto: oni
- → Ido: onu
→ Interlingue: on

Anagrams

NO, nô

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

on (indeclinable, predicative only)

(Internet slang, especially video games) Clipping of online.
Coordinate term: off

German Low German

Conjunction

(in several dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative form of un (and)

Guerrero Nahuatl

Noun

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /on/, /ɔn/

Pronoun

Apocopic form of onu; one, someone, they (indefinite personal pronoun)

Interlingua

Pronoun

one (indefinite personal pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of おん

Juǀ'hoan

Pronunciation

The nasal vowel IPA^(key): /õ/

Letter

on (upper case On)

A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Karaim

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ōn. Compare to Crimean Tatar on, Karachay-Balkar он (on), Kumyk он (on), Urum он (on), etc.

Numeral

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *oŋ. Compare to Crimean Tatar oñ, Karachay-Balkar онг (oñ), Kumyk онг (oñ), Urum он (on), etc.

Noun

right

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “on”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Karelian

Verb

(there) is

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English on, an, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”).

Preposition

on, in

Adverb

Alternative forms

(preposition): one, onne, hon, ane; an (before initial h or vowel); æn (Early Middle English)
(adverb): one, onne, an

Descendants

English: on
Scots: an, on
Yola: on

References

“on, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“on, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Numeral

Alternative form of oon

Pronoun

Alternative form of oon

Adverb

Alternative form of oon

Determiner

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of a (indefinite article)

Etymology 3

Verb

(Early Middle English) first/third-person singular present of unnen

Etymology 4

Noun

on (uncountable)

Alternative form of wone (“course”)

Etymology 5

Noun

on (uncountable)

Alternative form of oven

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoːn/

Adverb

ōn

again

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

(Gascony) where

References

Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 99.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈon/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈon/

Pronoun

on m sg (third person)

he (masculine singular)

Declension

Descendants

Czech: on

Pronoun

Alternative form of onen

References

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “on”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English

Alternative forms

an, a
ᚩᚾ (ón) — Ruthwell Cross

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔn/

Preposition

on, in, at, among [+accusative or dative or instrumental]
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum
on, during [+accusative]
onto, into (to express allative motion or a change of state) [+accusative]

Adverb

(with verbs of taking or depriving) from

Descendants

Middle English: an, on, one, onne, hon, ane; an; æn; one, onne, an
- English: on
- Scots: an, on
- Yola: on

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

See hom, om.

Pronoun

one (gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun)

Descendants

French: on

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an (“on”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up”). Cognates include Old English on, Old Saxon ana and Old Dutch ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /on/

Preposition

Descendants

North Frisian: a
Saterland Frisian: an, oun
West Frisian: oan

References

Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronoun

Alternative spelling of ón

Article

Alternative spelling of ón

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔn/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔn/

Pronoun

he (for animate nouns), it (for inanimate nouns)
this (demonstrative)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Masurian: ón
Polish: on
Silesian: ôn

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “on”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish on. The oblique case forms come from Proto-Slavic *jь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔn/
(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔn/, /ˈon/
Rhymes: -ɔn
Syllabification: on
Homophone: -on

Pronoun

on m (feminine ona, neuter ono)

he (for animate nouns), it (for inanimate nouns)

Declension

Pronoun

(dated, demonstrative) this

Declension

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), on is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1477 times in scientific texts, 677 times in news, 976 times in essays, 1957 times in fiction, and 1617 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 6650 times, making it the 8th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Romani

Alternative forms

jon, jone

Pronoun

they

Descendants

Kalo Finnish Romani: joon
Vlax Romani: von

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

onn (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
an (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

on m (plural ons)

(Sutsilvan, Vallader) year

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ōn.

Numeral

on (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

Sedang

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔuɲ. Cognate with Bahnar ŭnh and Hrê ùnh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔɔn/

Noun

fire

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ôːn/

Pronoun

ȏn (Cyrillic spelling о̑н)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos; inflected forms from Proto-Slavic *jь, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔn/

Pronoun

on m

he (third-person personal masculine singular pronoun)

Declension

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ́n/

Pronoun

ȍn

he
(obsolete) onkanje form^{[→SS, p. 389]}

Usage notes

The second binding singular form (-enj) is used when the prefix ends in a consonant:

zȃnj (za- + -nj)
skọ̑zenj (skoz- + -enj)

Inflection

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ona.

Noun

salt

References

R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[10] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 140

Swedish

Noun

indefinite plural of o

Anagrams

NO, no.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English on.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔon/, [ˈʔon]

Adjective

on (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔)

(slang) in a relationship with someone

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اون (on), from Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (un¹ /⁠on⁠/, “ten”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

Declension

Turkmen

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (un¹ /⁠on⁠/, “ten”), from Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”).

Numeral

Venetian

Article

on m sg

a, an

Usage notes

Variant of un

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French on.

Pronoun

it
(obsolete, indefinite personal pronoun) one

Declension

Votic

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈon/, [ˈon]
Rhymes: -on
Hyphenation: on

Verb

third-person singular indicative present of õllõ

Walloon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ūnum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/

Article

on (masculine before a vowel: in-, feminine: ine)

an, a
on tchin ― a dog

in-åbe ― a tree

ine minte ― a lie

Numeral

Yola

Alternative forms

an,
ana (before consonant)
a (unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English on, an, from Old English on.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔn/, /an/, /anə/, /ə/

Preposition

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94

Source: wiktionary.org

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Basque

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Catalan

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Central Franconian

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Cornish

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