won

See also: Won, woń, wón, wōn, wōń, wọn, woŋ, and wɔn

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Wongo.

Symbol

won

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wongo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Wongo terms

English

Etymology 1

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wŭn, IPA^(key): /wʌn/

  • Audio (UK):

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  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophone: one (in most accents)

Verb

won

1. simple past and past participle of win

Derived terms

• hard-won
• unwon

Etymology 2

From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

Alternative forms

• wone

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn
• Homophones: one (for speakers who pronounce that word as /wɒn/), wan

Verb

won (third-person singular simple present 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 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 Sinitic 圓 / 圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA^(key): /wɒn/
• (US) enPR: wän, IPA^(key): /wɑn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophones: one (for speakers who pronounce that word as /wɒn/), wan

Noun

won (plural won)

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

   Synonyms: ₩, ￦

Derived terms

• blue won
• red won

Translations

currency of Korea

Armenian: վոն (hy) (von) Belarusian: во́на f (vóna) Bulgarian: вон m (von) Chinese: Mandarin: 韓圓 / 韩圆 (zh) (Hán yuán) (South Korea), 朝鮮圓 / 朝鲜圆 (Cháoxiǎn yuán) (North Korea) Estonian: vonn French: won (fr) m Georgian: ვონი (voni) Hindi: वॉन (vŏn) Hungarian: von (hu) Indonesian: won Japanese: ウォン (ja) (won) Kazakh: уон (uon) Khmer: វ៉ុន (von) Korean: 원(圓) (ko) (won) Macedonian: вон m (von) Persian: وون (von) Polish: won (pl) m Russian: во́на (ru) f (vóna) Thai: วอน (th) (wɔɔn) Ukrainian: во́на (uk) f (vóna) Uyghur: ۋون (won)

See also

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

Anagrams

• NOW, NWO, now, own

Chuukese

Preposition

won

1. on

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

won

1. singular past indicative of winnen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔn/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

won m (plural wons)

1. won (unit of currency)

Descendants

• → Persian: وون (von)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwon/ [ˈwon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: won

Noun

won (plural won)

1. won (unit of currency)

Japanese

Romanization

won

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

won m sg

1. superseded spelling of wón

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. (West Midland) 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 Midland) alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

won

1. (southern West Midland) 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 wynden

Etymology 15

Verb

won

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Noun

won m (definite singular wonen, indefinite plural wonar, definite plural wonane)

1. won (unit of currency)

References

• “won” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔn/

Etymology 1

Adjective

won

1. alternative form of wann

Declension

Declension of won — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	won	wonu, wono	won
Accusative	wonne	wone	won
Genitive	wones	wonre	wones
Dative	wonum	wonre	wonum
Instrumental	wone	wonre	wone
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wone	wona, wone	wonu, wono
Accusative	wone	wona, wone	wonu, wono
Genitive	wonra	wonra	wonra
Dative	wonum	wonum	wonum
Instrumental	wonum	wonum	wonum

Declension of won — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wona	wone	wone
Accusative	wonan	wonan	wone
Genitive	wonan	wonan	wonan
Dative	wonan	wonan	wonan
Instrumental	wonan	wonan	wonan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wonan	wonan	wonan
Accusative	wonan	wonan	wonan
Genitive	wonra, wonena	wonra, wonena	wonra, wonena
Dative	wonum	wonum	wonum
Instrumental	wonum	wonum	wonum

Etymology 2

Verb

won

1. alternative spelling of wann

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

won

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: won

Noun

won m animal

1. won (currency of South Korea)
2. won (currency of North Korea)

Declension

Declension of won

	singular	plural
nominative	won	wony
genitive	wona	wonów
dative	wonowi	wonom
accusative	wona	wony
instrumental	wonem	wonami
locative	wonie	wonach
vocative	wonie	wony

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian вон (von), from Old East Slavic вънъ (vŭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ́nъ. Compare Old Polish wen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: won

Interjection

won

1. (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!

   Synonyms: precz, sio, wynocha

Etymology 3

See on.

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔn]

Pronoun

won m pers

1. (Eastern Lublin, Krynice and Kryniczki) alternative form of on

Further reading

• won in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• won in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

won

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈwon/

Noun

won m (plural wons)

1. won (unit of currency)

Further reading

• “won”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “won”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “won”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “won”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

won

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

Noun

won m (plural wones)

1. won (unit of currency)

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

won

1. to show

Conjugation

Conjugation of won

	present	imperfect	pluperfect	future
1st person singular	damay won	dama doon won	wonoon naa	dinaa won
2nd person singular	dangay won	danga doon won	wonoon nga	dinga won
3rd person singular	dafay won	dafa doon won	wonoon na	dina won
1st person plural	dañuy won	dañu doon won	wonoon nañu	dinañu won
2nd person plural	dangeen won	dangeen doon won	wonoon ngeen	dingeen won
3rd person plural	deñuy won	deñu doon won	wonoon nañu	dinañu won
	imperative
singular	wonal!
plural	wonleen!

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 19