One's

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /wÊŒns/, /wÊŒnz/
• one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone, only and atone. Stressed vowels often become diphthongs over time (Latin bona → Italian buona and Spanish buena), and this happened in the to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wÅ­n.

Origin

one + -'s.

Full definition of one's

Pronoun

Usage notes

Unlike all other possessive pronouns (yours, hers, theirs) one’s is spelled with an apostrophe.

Anagrams

• Enos
• ENSO
• eons
• NEOs
• noes
• nose
• ones
• sone