won

See also: Won, wón, and woń

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Verb

won

  1. simple past tense and past participle of win

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian. Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle woning, simple past and past participle wond)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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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Chuukese

Preposition

won

  1. on

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

won

  1. singular past indicative of winnen

French

Etymology

Korean 원 (won) (圓).

Noun

won m (plural wons)

  1. won (unit of currency)

Japanese

Romanization

won

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

Spanish

Noun

won m (plural wones)

  1. won (unit of currency)
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