On

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Preposition 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Antonyms 2 Czech 2.1 Personal pronoun 2.1.1 Related terms 2.2 See also 3 Dutch 3.1 Adverb 4 Finnish 4.1 Verb 5 French 5.1 Pronoun 5.2 Synonyms 6 Japanese Romaji 6.1 Synonyms 6.2 Antonyms 7 Slovak 7.1 Personal pronoun 7.1.1 Related terms 7.2 See also 8 Turkish 8.1 Cardinal numeral 9 Volapük 9.1 Noun 9.2 Pronoun

English

Pronunciation

• ŏn, /ɒn/, /Qn/

Etymology

Old English on, originally an. From Germanic *ana. Related forms: old German ana (new German an), old Dutch an, ane (aan), old Frisian ana, old Norse â, Gothic ana. Possibly related to Greek ana (upward).

Preposition

on

1. on the top of, touching from above
2. covering
3. at the date of
4. dealing with the subject of: a book on history
5. touching, hanging from: I have no money on me, the fruit on the trees

Translations

• Czech: na (1), dne (3)
• Dutch: op (1,3), over (2,4), bij (5)
• Esperanto: sur (1, 2, 5), je (3), pri (4)
• Finnish: päällä , yllä
• German: auf (1), über (2,4), an (3,5), bei (5)
• Slovak: na (1), dňa (3)

Adjective

on

1. Functioning, working.

Antonyms

• off

Translations

• Czech: zapnuto
• Dutch: aan, ingeschakeld
• Finnish: päällä
• German: an
• Slovak: zapnuté

Adverb

on

1. To an operating state.

   Turn the television on.

Antonyms

• off

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Czech

Personal pronoun

on

1. he (third person singular m)

Related terms

• ona ono
• oni ony

See also

• ja
• ty
• my
• vy

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Dutch

Adverb

on

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

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Finnish

Verb

on

1. third person singular form of olla

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French

Pronoun

on

1. one, people, someone
2. we

Synonyms

• quelqu'un
• nous

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Japanese Romaji

on (おん, 音)

1. The Japanese reading of kanji based on Chinese readings.

Synonyms

• on yomi (おんよみ, 音読み )

Antonyms

• kun (くん, 訓)

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Slovak

Personal pronoun

on

1. he (third person singular m)

Related terms

• ona ono
• oni ony

See also

• ja
• ty
• my
• vy

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Turkish

Cardinal numeral

on

1. ten

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Volapük

Noun

on (bal)

1. numeral one

Pronoun

on

1. one, neuter of person