won

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

• enPR: wŭn, IPA^(key): /wʌn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophone: one (on most accents)

won

1. simple past and past participle of win

• hard-won
• unwon

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

• wone

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒn/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn
• Homophones: one, wan

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

1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xxxiii:

     I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.

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

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• (US) enPR: wän, IPA^(key): /wɑn/

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophones: one, wan

won (plural won)

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

   Synonyms: ₩, ￦

• blue won
• red won

• North Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• South Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ₩ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ㌆ (won)

• NOW, NWO, now, own

won

1. on

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

won

1. singular past indicative of winnen

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

• IPA^(key): /wɔn/

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won m (plural wons)

1. won (unit of currency)

• → Persian: وون (von)

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

won

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

won

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

won m sg

1. Superseded spelling of wón.

won (plural wones)

1. Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

won (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wone (“course”)

won

1. Alternative form of wone

won

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon

won (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)

won

1. Alternative form of wane

won

1. Alternative form of wan

won (plural wones)

1. Alternative form of wone (“custom”)

won (uncountable)

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

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

won

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of on

won

1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

won

1. (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

won

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

won

1. Alternative form of wounden: past participle of wynden

won

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

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

1. won (unit of currency)

• “won” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

won

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

won

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: won

won m animal

1. won (currency of South Korea)
2. won (currency of North Korea)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: won

won

1. (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!

   Synonyms: precz, sio, wynocha

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

won m (plural wones)

1. won (unit of currency)

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won

1. to show

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