English - Etymology 1

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

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

1. simple past tense and past participle of win

English - Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• wone

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• Homophone: one

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.
   • 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.

English - Etymology 3

Korean 원 (won) (圓).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophone: one
• (US) enPR: wän, IPA^(key): /wɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

won (plural won)

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

Translations

Synonyms

• ₩, ￦

See also

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

English - Anagrams

• now
• own

Dutch - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔn

Dutch - Verb

won

1. singular past indicative of winnen

French - Etymology

Korean 원 (won) (圓).

French - Noun

won m (plural wons)

1. won (unit of currency)

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