by oneself

English

Prepositional phrase

by oneself

Alone; without assistance or help from others.
I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.

You ate the whole thing by yourself?
Alone, without another's company
He sat by himself in the corner, waiting quietly.
(rare) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see by,‎ oneself.
He kept the gun by himself at all times.

Synonyms

(alone): on one's own

Translations

without help

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ)
Chuukese: pwisin
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: sjálvur
Finnish: itse (fi), yksin (fi)
French: tout seul (fr)
German: selbst (de), selbstständig (de)
Hindi: अकेले (hi) (akele), अपने आप (apne āp)
Icelandic: sjálfur (is) m

Irish: i d'aonar
Italian: da solo, da soli pl or m
Japanese: 自分で (ja) (じぶんで, jibun de)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Polish: sam (pl), sam z siebie, samo- (pl) (prefix)
Portuguese: sozinho (pt) m
Russian: самостоя́тельно (ru) (samostojátelʹno), сам (ru) (sam) (adjective, with genders and numbers)
Spanish: solo (es), por si mismo
Swedish: själv (sv) c, på egen hand (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: lấy (vi)

without company

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 一個人, 一个人 (jat¹ go³ jan⁴; jat¹ go³ jan⁴^-²; jat¹ go³ jan⁴^-¹)

Mandarin: 一個人 (zh), 一个人 (zh) (yīgèrén)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: einsamallur
Finnish: yksin (fi), yksinään (fi), itsekseen (fi)
French: solo (fr), seul (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: alleine (de)
Greek: μόνος (el) (mónos)
Hebrew: בְּגַפּוֹ‎ (he) m (begapó)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: egyedül (hu)
Icelandic: aleinn (is) m, einn (is) m
Irish: leat féin
Japanese: 一人で (ja) (ひとりで, hitori de)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: sozinho (pt), só (pt), por si só
Russian: оди́н (ru) (odín) (adjective, with genders and numbers), в одино́чку (ru) (v odinóčku)
Spanish: solo (es), a solas
Swedish: ensam (sv), för sig själv
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: một mình (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} tout seul (fr)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בְּעֶצֶם־…‎ (b'étzem-...)
Icelandic: einn; aleinn; út af fyrir sig

Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 一人で (ひとりで, hitori de)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} sponte

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