on
Pronunciation: /ɔ̃/
“on” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
pronoun
- one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
In French
- Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier. — S’utilise pour désigner une ou des personnes indéfinies, en remplacement d’une forme passive.
- Nous.
- Je. pour indiquer que le locuteur ne s’engage que peu.
- Tu, vous ou n’importe quelle personne autre que moi.
- Dix-septième lettre de l’alphabet glagolitique, cu.
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”).
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