won

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative forms 1.2.2 Pronunciation 1.2.3 Verb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 1

• Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: wŭn, IPA: /wʌn/, SAMPA: /wVn/

  Rhymes: -ʌn

• (US) enPR: wŭn, IPA: /wʌn/, SAMPA: /wVn/

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  Rhymes: -ʌn

  Homophones: one

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won

1. Simple past tense and past participle of win.

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English wunian. Cognate with Dutch wonen German wohnen.

[edit] Alternative forms

• wone

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɒn/, SAMPA: /wQn/
• Homophones: one

[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Etymology 3

Korean 원 (won) (圓).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: wŏn, IPA: /wɒn/, SAMPA: /wQn/

  Rhymes: -ɒn

  Homophones: one

• (US) enPR: wän, IPA: /wɑn/, SAMPA: /wAn/

  Rhymes: -ɑn

[edit] Noun

won (plural won)

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

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[edit] See also

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

[edit] Anagrams

• now
• own

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

won

1. The singular past tense of winnen.