Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Source: tatoeba (1794)
Own
//ɑːn//
Synonyms for "own" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
205 entriesGod's own countryGod's own countyVirtue is her own rewarda good deed is its own rewarda life of its owna prophet has no honor in his own countrya prophet is not without honor save in his own countryabound in one's own senseafraid of one's own shadowafter one's own heartafter one's own soulat one's own perilat one's own riskattend to one's own knittingbe one's own manbe one's own worst enemy
Showing 16 of 205 words.
distinct from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesrelated to
70 entriesShowing 16 of 70 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
172 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- eie adj (belonging to (determiner))
- besit verb (have rightful possession of)
- erken verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- het verb (have rightful possession of)
Akkadian
1 entries- išûm verb (have rightful possession of)
Aleut
1 entries- ux̂tal verb (have rightful possession of)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἴδιος adj (belonging to (determiner))
- κέκτημαι verb (have rightful possession of)
- νομίζω verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Arabic
3 entries- مِلْك adj (belonging to (determiner))
- نَفْس adj (belonging to (determiner))
- مَلَكَ verb (have rightful possession of)
Armenian
1 entries- ունենալ verb (have rightful possession of)
Assamese
1 entries- নিজৰ adj (belonging to (determiner))
Asturian
1 entries- propiu adj (belonging to (determiner))
Azerbaijani
1 entries- öz adj (belonging to (determiner))
Bashkir
1 entries- үҙ adj (belonging to (determiner))
Belarusian
4 entries- свой adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ула́сны adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ўла́сны adj (belonging to (determiner))
- вало́даць verb (have rightful possession of)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- अपन adj (belonging to (determiner))
Bulgarian
4 entries- свой adj (belonging to (determiner))
- со́бствен adj (belonging to (determiner))
- владе́я verb (have rightful possession of)
- и́мам verb (have rightful possession of)
Catalan
2 entries- mateix adj (belonging to (determiner))
- propi adj (belonging to (determiner))
Cheyenne
1 entries- á'en verb (have rightful possession of)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 自己的 adj (belonging to (determiner))
- 所有 verb (have rightful possession of)
- 擁有 /拥有 verb (have rightful possession of)
- 有 verb (have rightful possession of)
Cornish
1 entries- honen adj (belonging to (determiner))
Czech
3 entries- vlastní adj (belonging to (determiner))
- mít verb (have rightful possession of)
- vlastnit verb (have rightful possession of)
Danish
2 entries- egen adj (belonging to (determiner))
- eje verb (have rightful possession of)
Dutch
3 entries- eigen adj (belonging to (determiner))
- bezitten verb (have rightful possession of)
- hebben verb (have rightful possession of)
Esperanto
2 entries- propra adj (belonging to (determiner))
- posedi verb (have rightful possession of)
Estonian
4 entries- enda adj (belonging to (determiner))
- isiklik adj (belonging to (determiner))
- oma adj (belonging to (determiner))
- omama verb (have rightful possession of)
Faroese
1 entries- eiga verb (have rightful possession of)
Finnish
3 entries- oma adj (belonging to (determiner))
- omistaa verb (have rightful possession of)
- tunnustaa verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
French
3 entries- propre adj (belonging to (determiner))
- avoir verb (have rightful possession of)
- posséder verb (have rightful possession of)
Georgian
2 entries- საკუთარი adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ფლობს verb (have rightful possession of)
German
4 entries- eigen adj (belonging to (determiner))
- besitzen verb (have rightful possession of)
- eingestehen verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- haben verb (have rightful possession of)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 adj (belonging to (determiner))
- 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 verb (have rightful possession of)
Greek
1 entries- δικός adj (belonging to (determiner))
Hawaiian
1 entries- ponoʻī adj (belonging to (determiner))
Hebrew
4 entries- מִשֶּׁל adj (belonging to (determiner))
- but see יש ל־ verb (have rightful possession of)
- היה ל־ verb (have rightful possession of)
- שייך ל־ verb (have rightful possession of)
Hindi
1 entries- अपना adj (belonging to (determiner))
Hungarian
4 entries- birtokol adj (belonging to (determiner))
- saját adj (belonging to (determiner))
- birtokol verb (have rightful possession of)
- bír verb (have rightful possession of)
Icelandic
1 entries- eiga verb (have rightful possession of)
Indonesian
1 entries- sendiri adj (belonging to (determiner))
Irish
1 entries- féin adj (belonging to (determiner))
Istriot
1 entries- pruoprio adj (belonging to (determiner))
Italian
2 entries- proprio adj (belonging to (determiner))
- possedere verb (have rightful possession of)
Japanese
2 entries- 自身の adj (belonging to (determiner))
- 所有する verb (have rightful possession of)
Khmer
3 entries- ខ្លួនឯង adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ឯង adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ជាម្ចាស់ verb (have rightful possession of)
Korean
2 entries- 자기의 adj (belonging to (determiner))
- 소유하다 verb (have rightful possession of)
Latin
3 entries- proprius adj (belonging to (determiner))
- habeō verb (have rightful possession of)
- possideō verb (have rightful possession of)
Latvian
1 entries- savs adj (belonging to (determiner))
Macedonian
4 entries- свој adj (belonging to (determiner))
- сопствен adj (belonging to (determiner))
- има verb (have rightful possession of)
- поседува verb (have rightful possession of)
Malay
1 entries- sendiri adj (belonging to (determiner))
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eie verb (have rightful possession of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eige verb (have rightful possession of)
Occitan
1 entries- pròpri adj (belonging to (determiner))
Old English
2 entries- āgen adj (belonging to (determiner))
- āgan verb (have rightful possession of)
Old Saxon
2 entries- ēgan adj (belonging to (determiner))
- ēgan verb (have rightful possession of)
Polish
4 entries- swój adj (belonging to (determiner))
- własny adj (belonging to (determiner))
- mieć verb (have rightful possession of)
- posiadać verb (have rightful possession of)
Portuguese
2 entries- próprio adj (belonging to (determiner))
- possuir verb (have rightful possession of)
Quechua
1 entries- jap'iy verb (have rightful possession of)
Romanian
2 entries- propriu adj (belonging to (determiner))
- deține verb (have rightful possession of)
Russian
4 entries- свой adj (belonging to (determiner))
- со́бственный adj (belonging to (determiner))
- владе́ть verb (have rightful possession of)
- име́ть verb (have rightful possession of)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ईष्टे verb (have rightful possession of)
Scots
2 entries- ain adj (belonging to (determiner))
- awn verb (have rightful possession of)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fhèin adj (belonging to (determiner))
- sealbhaich verb (have rightful possession of)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sopstven adj (belonging to (determiner))
- vlastit adj (belonging to (determiner))
- властит adj (belonging to (determiner))
- сопствен adj (belonging to (determiner))
Sicilian
2 entries- propiu adj (belonging to (determiner))
- pussèdiri verb (have rightful possession of)
Slovak
4 entries- svoj adj (belonging to (determiner))
- vlastný adj (belonging to (determiner))
- mať verb (have rightful possession of)
- vlastniť verb (have rightful possession of)
Slovene
3 entries- lasten adj (belonging to (determiner))
- svoj adj (belonging to (determiner))
- imeti verb (have rightful possession of)
Spanish
4 entries- propio adj (belonging to (determiner))
- admitir verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- poseer verb (have rightful possession of)
- reconocer verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Swahili
1 entries- miliki verb (have rightful possession of)
Swedish
4 entries- egen adj (belonging to (determiner))
- erkänna verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- tillstå verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
- vidgå verb (acknowledge responsibility for)
Turkish
1 entries- sahip olmak verb (have rightful possession of)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вла́сний adj (belonging to (determiner))
- свій adj (belonging to (determiner))
- володі́ти verb (have rightful possession of)
- ма́ти verb (have rightful possession of)
Urdu
1 entries- اپنا adj (belonging to (determiner))
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻzi adj (belonging to (determiner))
Venetan
1 entries- propio adj (belonging to (determiner))
Vietnamese
2 entries- riêng adj (belonging to (determiner))
- sở hữu verb (have rightful possession of)
Volapük
1 entries- dalabön verb (have rightful possession of)
Yiddish
1 entries- אייגן adj (belonging to (determiner))
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
Source: tatoeba (1799)
Most people only want to hear their own truth.
Source: tatoeba (1922)
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
Source: tatoeba (2262)
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