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pron

LanguageOld French

Meaning
  1. one (gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun)
  2. one
  3. An indefinite pronoun used to refer to a person in a general sense, or to 'people' or 'they' in general statements. It functions similarly to 'one' or 'someone' in modern English.
Examples

On dit que le roi viendra.

People say that the king will come.

Part of speechpron

Usage noteIt is often used when the speaker wants to make a statement that applies to anyone or to a group of people without specifying a particular individual.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.