What is the translation of e pluribus unum?

Answer 1

"E pluribus unum" means "One out of many".

On a side note:Ladies and gentlemen, please keep such discussion in the "Discussion" tab of questions. This is inappropriate for the actual answer, and indeed you have removed all information pertinent to the question in your search for the correct instances to use "ex" rather than "e".

I have retained the text below because I find it interesting linguistically, and I cannot move it to the Discussion area without it all being under my username.

All right! How do you explain the forms:

ex cathedra

ex consensu

ex nihilo, nihil fit

ex professo

ex voto donatum

even, de ex de, from which the Spanish preposition "desde" stems.

I have never seen those expressions with "e"

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Do you mean why they use "ex" when there's a consonant in front? "e" before a vowel, and "ex" before a consonant is more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule. Even in classical Latin, you'll see "ex" in front of consonants. But you'll never see "e" before a vowel. I should've been clearer, and I'm sorry about that.

As far as I know, except for "ex nihilo...," those are from Ecclesiastical Latin, and it's possible that "e" fell out of use. But that's just a guess, I don't know ("non ex professo" :-))

Answer 2

"Out of many, one" is an English equivalent of the Latin phrase E pluribus unum. The prepositional phrase most famously references the motto of the United States of America as one nation formed from many backgrounds and countries. The pronunciation will be "ey PLOO-ree-boos OO-noom" in Church Latin and in classical Latin.

Answer 3

The words e pluribus unum, translate, from Latin to English, as "Out of many, one", "One out of many", or "From many, one" depending on the translation source.

The definition of the words are generally considered to mean many people joining together for a singular common cause.

The words, as translated to the first example above, are one of the mottos of the United States of America as seen on the Great Seal of the United States, as well as much of the country's money since 1795.

According to some sources, this mean one nation from many states, or colonies, but even those colonies came from many different nations, such as the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish. In modern days, these have grown to 50 states as well as some territories and, most importantly, peoples from around the globe, all forming one people - one nation - The United States of America.

Hence, out of many peoples, one people.

Answer 4

E Pluribus Unum is Latin for "out of many, one."

Answer 5

E pluribus unum, Latin for "Out of many, one", is a dictum on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum.

Answer 6

E Pluribus Unum describes an action: Many uniting into one. An accurate translation of the motto is "Out of many, one"

Answer 7

One out of many.

Answer 8

out of many, one

Answer 9

Out of many, one.