# won
## English
### Etymology 1

* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: wŭn, IPA: /wʌn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌn
* Homophone: one (in most accents)

#### Verb

won
* 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: /wɒn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn
* Homophones: one, wan

#### Verb

won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle wonning, simple past and past participle wonned)
* (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.
* (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. Doublet of yuan and yen.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏn, IPA: /wɒn/
* (US) enPR: wän, IPA: /wɑn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒn
* Homophones: one, wan

#### Noun

won (plural won)
* The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
    Synonyms: ₩, ￦

##### Derived terms

* blue won
* red won

##### Translations
### 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
* on

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Verb

won
* singular past indicative of winnen

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɔn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

won m (plural wons)
* won (unit of currency)

#### Descendants

* → Persian: وون (von)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won).

### Noun

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

won
* Rōmaji transcription of ウォン

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronoun

won m sg
* Superseded spelling of wón.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

won (plural wones)
* Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

won (uncountable)
* Alternative form of wone (“course”)

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

won
* Alternative form of wone

### Etymology 4
#### Adverb

won
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whon

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

won (uncountable)
* Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)

### Etymology 6
#### Adjective

won
* Alternative form of wane

### Etymology 7
#### Adjective

won
* (West Midlands) Alternative form of wan

### Etymology 8
#### Noun

won (plural wones)
* Alternative form of wone (“custom”)

### Etymology 9
#### Noun

won (uncountable)
* 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)
* Alternative form of wonden

### Etymology 11
#### Numeral

won
* (Late Middle English) Alternative form of on

### Etymology 12
#### Adverb

won
* (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

#### Conjunction

won
* (southern West Midlands) Alternative form of whanne

### Etymology 13
#### Verb

won
* Alternative form of wonen (“to dwell”)

### Etymology 14
#### Verb

won
* Alternative form of wounden: past participle of wynden

### Etymology 15
#### Verb

won
* Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
* Alternative form of wonnen: past participle of winnen

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

won m (definite singular wonen, indefinite plural wonar, definite plural wonane)
* won (unit of currency)

### References

* “won” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Verb

won
* Alternative form of wann, first/third-person singular past indicative of winnan

## Polish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: won

#### Noun

won m animal
* won (currency of South Korea)
* won (currency of North Korea)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: won

#### Interjection

won
* (colloquial, dismissal) out!, get out!
    Synonyms: precz, sio, wynocha

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Noun

won m (plural wones)
* won (unit of currency)

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

won
* to show

#### Conjugation
### References

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