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 immediate company
She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly.
(rare) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: 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
Dutch: zelfstandig (nl)
Esperanto: sole (eo)
Faroese: sjálvur
Finnish: itse (fi), yksin (fi), itsekseen (fi)
French: tout seul (fr)
Galician: de seu
German: selbst (de), selbstständig (de)
Hindi: अकेले (hi) (akele), अपने आप (apne āp)
Hungarian: magától (hu), egyedül (hu), önállóan
Icelandic: sjálfur (is) m
Irish: i d'aonar
Italian: da solo, da soli pl or m, per conto mio
Japanese: 自分で (ja) (じぶんで, jibun de)
Jeju: 제냥으로 (jenyang-euro)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 스스로 (ko) (seuseuro)
Malayalam: ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (ml) (oṟṟaykkŭ), സ്വയം (ml) (svayaṃ)
Middle Korean: 스싀〮로〮 (sùsúy-lwó)
Old Korean: 自衣以 (*SUSuy-lwo)
Polish: sam (pl), sam z siebie, samo- (pl) (prefix)
Portuguese: sozinho (pt) m
Romanian: de la sine, cu de la sine putere
Russian: самостоя́тельно (ru) (samostojátelʹno), сам (ru) (sam) (adjective, with genders and numbers)
Spanish: solo (es), por sí mismo
Swedish: själv (sv) c, på egen hand (sv)
Thai: ด้วยตัวเอง, เอง (th) (eeng)
Urdu: اپنے آپ‎ (ur) (apnē āp), خود بخود‎ (xud baxud), اکیلے‎ (akēlē)
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 jan^4-2; jat¹ go³ jan^4-1)
Mandarin: 一個人／一个人 (zh), 一个人 (zh) (yīgèrén)
Dutch: alleen (nl)
Esperanto: sole (eo)
Faroese: einsamallur
Finnish: yksin (fi), yksinään (fi), itsekseen (fi), yksikseen (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), magában, egymagában
Icelandic: aleinn (is) m, einn (is) m
Irish: leat féin
Japanese: 一人で (ja) (ひとりで, hitori de)
Korean: 혼자 (ko) (honja)
Malayalam: ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (ml) (oṟṟaykkŭ)
Polish: sam (pl)
Portuguese: sozinho (pt), só (pt), por si só
Romanian: singur (ro)
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 (sv)
Thai: ตามลำพัง, ลำพัง (th) (lam-pang), ตัวคนเดียว
Turkish: tek başına (tr)
Vietnamese: một mình (vi)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} tout seul (fr), ^{(please verify)} par soi-même
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בְּעֶצֶם־…‎ (b'étzem-...)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} einn (is), ^{(please verify)} aleinn (is), ^{(please verify)} út af fyrir sig
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 一人で (ひとりで, hitori de)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} sponte