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Webster 1913 Edition
Won
Webster 1828 Edition
Won
WON
, pret. and pp. of win; as victories won.Definition 2024
Won
won
won
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: wŭn, IPA(key): /wʌn/
- Rhymes: -ʌn
- (US) enPR: wän, wŭn, IPA(key): /wɑn/, /wʌn/
- Rhymes: -ʌn
- Homophone: one (some dialects only)
Verb
won
- simple past tense and past participle of win
Etymology 2
From Old English wunian. Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle woning, simple past and past participle wond)
- (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.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xxxiii:
- (archaic or obsolete, regional) To be accustomed to do something.
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Korean 원 (圓, won), from Sinitic 圓/圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight (compare yen and yuan).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA(key): /wɒn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
- Homophone: one
- (US) enPR: wän, IPA(key): /wɑn/
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Noun
won (plural won)
Translations
currency of Korea
Synonyms
See also
- North Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- South Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Korean won on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ₩ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 전 (錢, chŏn, jeon)
- ㌆