win

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness), from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (joy, delight, pleasure, lust), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (to strive, wish, desire, love). Cognate with German Wonne (bliss, joy, delight), Danish ynde (grace), Icelandic yndi (delight).

Noun [edit]

win (plural wins)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure) (compare Old English ġewinnan (conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill)), from Proto-Germanic *winnanan (to swink, labour, win, gain, fight), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (to strive, wish, desire, love). Cognate with Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Swedish vinna.

Verb [edit]

win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
      And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne [...].
    • 1998, Rhapsody, Emerald Sword:
      For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
  2. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc).
  3. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
  4. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
    Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
  5. (transitive) To obtain something that is wanted.
    The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
  6. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
    The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
    The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
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Etymology 3 [edit]

From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war), from Proto-Germanic *winnan (labour, struggle, fight), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (to strive, desire, wish, love). Cognate with German Gewinn (profit, gain).

Noun [edit]

win (plural wins)

  1. gain; profit; income
  2. wealth; owndom; goods
  3. an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
    Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:
      Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.
  4. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
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Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

win

  1. first-person singular present indicative of winnen
  2. imperative of winnen

Old Dutch [edit]

Noun [edit]

wīn m

  1. wine

Descendants [edit]


Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Germanic, from Latin vinum. Cognate with Old Saxon wīn (Dutch wijn), Old High German wīn (German Wein), Old Norse vín (Swedish vin), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

wīn n

  1. wine

Polish [edit]

Noun [edit]

win

  1. genitive plural of wino
  2. genitive plural of wina

Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English wind

Noun [edit]

win

  1. wind
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:7 (translation here):
      Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.

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Torres Strait Creole [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English wind.

Noun [edit]

win

  1. wind

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