one day

English

(set phrase) At some unspecified time in the future.
One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet.

Synonyms: one of these days, someday, some day
At some unspecified time in the past.
One day I was playing with a girl from my class.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 11, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see one,‎ day.
Synonym: once

at unspecified time in the future

Macedonian: еден ден (eden den)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: en gang, en dag

Nynorsk: ein gong, ein dag,
Portuguese: algum dia
Russian: одна́жды (ru) (odnáždy), когда́-нибу́дь (ru) (kogdá-nibúdʹ), (rare)когда́-то (ru) (kogdá-to)
Scottish Gaelic: latha de na làithean, lath'-eigin
Spanish: algún día (es)
Tagalog: balang araw
Tamil: ஒரு நால் (oru nāl)
Turkish: bir gün

at unspecified time in the past

Maore Comorian: suku class 9
Portuguese: uma vez
Russian: одна́жды (ru) (odnáždy), когда́-то (ru) (kogdá-to), ка́к-то (ru) (kák-to)
Scottish Gaelic: latha a bha seo, latha de na làithean
Serbo-Croatian: jednoga dana
Tagalog: isang araw
Tamil: பின்னால் (ta) (piṉṉāl)
Turkish: bir gün

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