Definitions For Oneself

Pronoun

{{en-pron, reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun, one, formerly sometimes two words:, one's self}} A person's self: general form of himself, herself or yourself. : Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.

Usage notes

This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.

Synonyms

one's self

Derived terms

be oneself by oneself

See also

{{English personal pronouns}}

Translations

{{trans-top}} Arabic: نَفْس Catalan: es Chinese: : Cantonese: 自己 (zi6 gei2) : Mandarin: 自己, tr=zìjǐ, sc=Hani, 自身, tr=zìshēn, sc=Hani Dutch: zichzelf Esperanto: mem Finnish: itsensä French: soi-même Galician: un mesmo German: selbst, sich Hindi: स्वयं, ख़ुद Hungarian: maga, önmaga, sajátmaga Japanese: 自分, tr=じぶん, jibun, sc=Jpan, 自分自身, tr=じぶんじしん, jibun jishin, sc=Jpan, 自身, tr=じしん, jishin, sc=Jpan, 自己, tr=じこ, jiko, sc=Jpan Korean: 자신 (自身), 자기 (自己) Mauritian Creole: limem Persian: خود, tr=xud, xod, sc=fa-Arab, نفس, tr=nafs, sc=fa-Arab Polish: siebie, sobie Portuguese: se, si {{qualifier, prepositional}} Russian: {{qualifier, nominative}} сам, {{qualifier, genitive, accusative}} себя́, {{qualifier, dative, prepositional}} себе́, {{qualifier, etc.}} Sanskrit: स्वयम् Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: se Spanish: sí mismo, uno mismo Swedish: sig själv, sig Telugu: తాను Thai: ตัวเอง, tr=dtuua-eeng Turkish: kendi başına, kendi kendine, öz başına Urdu: خود (xud, sc=ur-Arab) Vietnamese: mình

See also

one#pronoun, one self

Etymology

A contracted form of one's self.