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un

/œ̃/

pronoun/œ̃/

one, someone

Related: les uns les autres, l'un après l'autre, l'un dans l'autre, l'un l'autre

Inherited from Middle French un, from Old French un, from Latin ūnum, accusative singular of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.

noun, masculine/œ̃/plural: un

one (the number or figure)

Inherited from Middle French un, from Old French un, from Latin ūnum, accusative singular of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.