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{{also|PWN}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{m|en|own}}, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of {{m|en||o}} and {{m|en||p}} on [[qwerty]] keyboards).

===Pronunciation===
Originally pronounced {{IPAchar|/əʊn/}} {{a|en|UK}} / {{IPAchar|/oʊn/}} {{a|en|US}}, like {{m|en|own}}, and now often pronounced {{IPAchar|/pəʊn/}}<ref name="Cambr">{{R:Cambridge}}</ref><!--<ref name="Dictcom"/>--><ref name="PCMag"/> {{a|en|UK}} / {{IPAchar|/poʊn/}}<ref name="Cambr"/><ref name="Dictcom">{{R:Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref name="PCMag">[http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/56903/pwn PC Magazine Encyclopedia]: Pronounced "pone," "pwen," "pawn" or "pun,"...</ref> {{a|en|US}}.<ref name="GES">Connie Eble, in Julie Coleman (ed.), ''Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives'' (2014, {{ISBN|131793475X}}: "own/pwn (pronounced either ''on'' or ''pon'') 'to dominate an opponent, often in a video game'"</ref><ref>Bonnie Nardi, ''My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account'' {{ISBN|0472026712}}, page 16: "In PvP, players enjoy “pwning” opponents, that is, defeating them, in heated contests. The term pwn (pronounced “pone”) comes from own, slang for defeat, and is said to have originated when a player mistakenly typed a “p” instead of an “o,” ..."</ref> Other pronunciations include:
* {{IPA|en|/pɔːn/|a=UK}}<ref name="Dictcom"/><ref name="PCMag"/> ''or'' {{IPAchar|/piˈəʊn/}}<ref name="Dictcom"/> ''or'' {{IPAchar|/piˈɔːn/}}<ref name="Dictcom"/>
* {{IPA|en|/pɔn/|a=US}}<ref name="Dictcom"/><ref name="PCMag"/> ''or'' {{IPAchar|/piˈoʊn/}}<ref name="Dictcom"/> ''or'' {{IPAchar|/piˈɔn/}}<ref name="Dictcom"/>
* {{audio|en|En-us-pwn.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːn|əʊn|ɔn|oʊn|s1=1,2|s2=2|s3=1,2|s4=2}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|past2=pwnd|past3=pwnt}}

# {{lb|en|Internet slang|online gaming|originally [[leet]]|ambitransitive}} To [[own]], to [[defeat]] or [[dominate]] (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
#: {{syn|en|own|pwnz0r}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup
|en
|title=Re: [SP] So..the first victim of the Evil/Hero System
|accessdate=2016-09-23
|author=Quaestor
|passage=2nd guard: "Yeah, shiiit! I '''PWNED''' YO @zz!"
|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/rec.games.computer.ultima.online/xyhrgwir64k/u0sZHUEIh2oJ
|newsgroup=rec.games.computer.ultima.online
|date=1999/08/05
|id=37AA8154.D77E6EB8@Skara.Brae
}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=2001|author=Edward Glamkowski|newsgroup=alt.games.diablo2|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.diablo2/msg/35dbd43c3b498da0?dmode=source&hl=en|passage=Otherwise I use fury as my normal attack. Fury completely '''pwns'''!}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=2003|author=James Grahame|newsgroup=alt.games.everquest|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/msg/043ab720b8a2edbf?dmode=source&hl=en|passage=When you get to the Temple of Marr, look very closely at the vases at zone-in and see if you can find the picture where Mith Marr "'''pwns'''" someone.}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=2004|author=Bronney Hui|newsgroup=alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia/msg/712f43b1adc4ab6e?dmode=source&hl=en|passage=My Trident '''pwns''' the Cirrus Logics!}}
#* {{quote-video game|en|developer=AlphaDream|publisher=Nintendo|year=2005|title={{w|Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time}}|passage=[[noobz|NOOBZ]] STILL R NOT '''PWNED'''. CONTINUE '''PWN'''ERSHIP UNTIL ALL NOOBZ R '''PWNED'''.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en
|pwnage
|pwnz0r
}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|Internet slang|originally|leet}} Triumph, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.
# {{lb|en|Internet slang|computer security|originally|leet}} An exploit in computer security, especially relating to machine code.

===References===
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=npw|PNW|wpn.}}

{{cln|en|terms with vocalic W|ghost words}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|cy|VL.|*pundus}}, from {{der|cy|la|pondus|t=weight}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/pʊn/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ʊn|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|pynnau}}

# [[load]], [[burden]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|pynfarch|g=m|t=packhorse}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}