won

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See also: Won, woń, wón, wōn, wōń, wọn, woŋ, and wɔn

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wŭn, IPA(key): /wʌn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophone: one (on most accents)

Verb

won

  1. simple past and past participle of win
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle wonning, simple past and past participle wonned)

  1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
  2. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To be accustomed to do something.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

Pronunciation

Noun

won (plural won)

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
    Synonyms: ₩, ￦
Derived terms
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Anagrams

Chuukese

Preposition

won

  1. on

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

won

  1. singular past indicative of winnen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Pronunciation

Noun

won m (plural wons)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Noun

won

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.

Japanese

Romanization

won

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

won m sg

  1. Superseded spelling of wón.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

Etymology 2

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“course”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wone

Etymology 4

Adverb

won

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon

Etymology 5

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wane

Etymology 7

Adjective

won

  1. Alternative form of wan

Etymology 8

Noun

won (plural wones)

  1. Alternative form of wone (“custom”)

Etymology 9

Noun

won (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wane (“woeful state”)

Etymology 10

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonende, wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)

  1. Alternative form of wonden

Etymology 11

Numeral

won

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of on

Etymology 12

Adverb

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

won

  1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

Etymology 13

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wonen (“to dwell”)

Etymology 14

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wounden: past participle of wynden

Etymology 15

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
  2. Alternative form of wonnen: past participle of winnen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

won m (definite singular wonen, indefinite plural wonar, definite plural wonane)

  1. won (unit of currency)

References

Old English

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

won

  1. Alternative form of wann, first/third-person singular past indicative of winnan

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 원 (won), from Chinese 圓／圆 (yuán).

Noun

won m animal

  1. won (currency of South Korea)
  2. won (currency of North Korea)
Declension
Declension of won
singular plural
nominative won wony
genitive wona wonów
dative wonowi wonom
accusative wona wony
instrumental wonem wonami
locative wonie wonach
vocative wonie wony

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian вон (von), from Old East Slavic вънъ (vŭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ́nъ. Compare Old Polish wen.

Interjection

won

  1. (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!
    Synonyms: precz, sio, wynocha

Further reading

  • won in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • won in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

won m (plural wones)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

won

  1. to show

Conjugation

Conjugation of won
Present Imperfect Pluperfect Future
1st s. damay won dama doon won wonoon naa dinaa won
2nd s. dangay won danga doon won wonoon nga dinga won
3rd s. dafay won dafa doon won wonoon na dina won
1st p. dañuy won dañu doon won wonoon nañu dinañu won
2nd p. dangeen won dangeen doon won wonoon ngeen dingeen won
3rd p. deñuy won deñu doon won wonoon nañu dinañu won
Imperative
singular wonal!
plural wonleen!

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19

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