won

See also: Won, wón, and woń

English

Etymology 1

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wŭn, IPA^(key): /wʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophone: one (some dialects only)

Verb

won

1. simple past and past participle of win

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wunian. Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

• wone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• Homophones: one, wan

Verb

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.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 원 (圓, won), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  圓／圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight (compare yen and yuan).

Pronunciation

• enPR: wŏn, IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophones: one, wan
• enPR: wän, IPA^(key): /wɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

won (plural won)

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

Translations

currency of Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓圓／韩圆 (zh) (hányuán), 韩圆 (zh) (Hán yuán)

• Estonian: vonn
• French: won (fr)
• Hungarian: von (hu)
• Indonesian: won
• Japanese: ウォン (ja) (won)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kazakh: уон (uon)
• Korean: 원 (ko) (won) (圓 (ko))
• Macedonian: вон m (von)
• Russian: во́на (ru) f (vóna)
• Thai: วอน (th) (wɔɔn)
• Uyghur: ۋون (won)

Synonyms

• ₩, ￦

See also

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

Anagrams

• NOW, NWO, now, own

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Chuukese

Preposition

won

1. on

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

won

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of winnen

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 원 (圓).

Noun

won m (plural wons)

1. won (unit of currency)

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원 (圓, won).

Noun

won (plural won)

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

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Japanese

Romanization

won

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

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Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

won m sg

1. Superseded spelling of wón.

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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 winden

Etymology 15

Verb

won

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

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Spanish

Noun

won m (plural wones)

1. won (unit of currency)