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unique
- /juːˈniːk/
- /jəˈ-/
Rhymes with -iːk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus.
adjective uniquer · more unique · uniquest · most unique · unic · unick
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Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.
Similar: one of a kind, sui generis, singular, one-off
- Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
- Particular, characteristic.
- Rare or unusual. And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch.
Similar: alone, azygous, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, only, exclusive, peerless, singular, sui generis, unequaled, unique, unparalleled, unmatched, unrivalled · Opposite: common, normal
noun uniques · unic · unick
- A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind. The phoenix, the unique of birds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: singular, unusual, specific, single, alone, incomparable, unequaled, uncomparable, unparalleled, unequalled, one-of-a-kind, rare, stand-alone, once-in-a-lifetime, different, special
adjective
Similar: alone, azygous, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, only, exclusive, peerless, singular, sui generis, unequaled, unique, unparalleled, unmatched, unrivalled · Opposite: common, normal
Translations
Every language
adj one of a kind
| Español | único, señero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유일무이(唯一無二)하다 yuilmu'ihada, 유일(唯一)하다 yuilhada, 독특(獨特)하다 dokteukhada, 희한(稀罕)하다 huihanhada |
| 日本語 | 唯一 yuiitsu, 唯一無二 yuiitsumuni, ユニーク yunīku |
| 中文 | 獨一無二 /独一无二 dúyīwú'èr, 唯一 wéiyī, 特異 /特异 tèyì |
| हिन्दी | अनोखा anokhā, अनूठा anūṭhā |
| Português | único |
| Français | unique |
| Deutsch | einzigartig, unikal, einzig |
| Italiano | unico, peculiare, speciale |
| Ελληνικά | μοναδικός monadikós |
| Română | unic |
| Русский | уника́льный unikálʹnyj, исключи́тельный isključítelʹnyj, еди́нственный jedínstvennyj, неповтори́мый nepovtorímyj |
| Tiếng Việt | duy nhất, độc nhất, độc nhất vô nhị, có một không hai |
| العربية | فَرِيد farīd, فَذّ faḏḏ, وَحِيد waḥīd |
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