Once

Adverb

 * 1) one and only one time
 * I have only once eaten pizza.
 * 1) formerly
 * He was once the most handsome man around.

Conjunction

 * 1) as soon as
 * We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!

Thesaurus
alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, at intervals, at once, at one time, at times, at whatever time, before, by itself, bygone, conclusively, decidedly, definitely, directly, earlier, early, erstwhile, finally, for good, fore, former, formerly, heretofore, if ever, immediately, immemorial, in a jiffy, in a trice, in a wink, in the singular, individually, instantly, just this once, late, long ago, no matter when, now and again, occasionally, old, olden, on one occasion, once for all, one by one, one day, one fine morning, one time, onetime, only once, particularly, past, per se, periodically, positively, prehistoric, previous, previously, primeval, primitive, prior, promptly, quondam, recent, right away, separately, severally, simultaneously, single-handedly, singly, singularly, some time ago, sometime, sometimes, sporadically, then, time was, together, whenever, whensoever, whilom, without delay

Etymology
From ones: (genitive of on: used adverbally), from  anes:, genitive of an:. Compare enes:,  einest:. More at, -s.

Pronunciation

 * 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 late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.
 * 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 late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.
 * 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 late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.
 * 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 late Middle Ages to the words one and once, first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes, from ōn → ōōōn → wōn → wōōn → wŏŏn → wŭn.

Adverb

 * Ancient Greek: ἄπαξ
 * Arabic: مرة,  مرة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 一次 (yī cì), 一遍
 * Czech:
 * Danish: en gang
 * Dutch: eens, een keer, eenmaal
 * Esperanto: unufoje
 * Finnish:
 * French: une fois
 * German:
 * Greek: μια φορά (mia forá)
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: una volta
 * Japanese:, ,  一遍
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: odată
 * Russian: один раз,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: una vez
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: kdysi
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: iama
 * Finnish: kerran, ennen (vanhaan)
 * French: une fois, autrefois, jadis
 * German:
 * Greek: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,  ранее
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, не̏кад при̏је
 * Roman:, nȅkad prȉje
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * : iam
 * : sekali, dahulu


 * : ఒకసారి (okasaari), ఒకప్పుడు (okappuDu)

Conjunction

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: så snart (som), bare, når først
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , une fois
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Italian: una volta che, non appena
 * Portuguese: tão logo
 * Russian: как только (kak tól’ko)
 * Spanish: tan pronto como
 * Swedish: så snart som

Anagrams

 * cone
 * econ

Numeral

 * 1)  eleven

Etymology
From undecim:.

Derived terms

 * oncenu

Noun

 * 1) ounce
 * 2)  a little bit

Noun

 * 1) snow leopard

Etymology 1
uncia:

Etymology 2
lonce: which become l'once (la + once)

Anagrams

 * cône
 * noce

Numeral

 * 1)  eleven

Etymology
From undecim:.

Noun
once



Anagrams

 * ceno, cenò
 * noce

Cardinal number
once


 * 1)  eleven

Noun
also onces


 * 1)  snack (bread with tea or coffee).

Etymology 1
From undecim:, from unus "one" + decem "ten"

Etymology 2
Snacks were typically taken at 11 am.

Related terms

 * onceno
 * onces