won

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Etymology 1

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wŭn, IPA: /wʌn/

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of win

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /wɒn/

Verb

won (wons, present participle wonning; simple past and past participle wonned)

1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato 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), from zhx 圓 referring to the piece of eight.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: wŏn, IPA: /wɒn/
• (America) enPR: wän, IPA: /wɑn/

Noun

won (plural won)

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

   Synonyms: ₩, ￦

Translations

• French: won
• Russian: во́на

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