Definition/Meaning of won

• English - Verb: won (participle, past) simple past and past participle of win won (third-person singular simple present wons, present participle wonning, simple past and past participle wonned) (archaic, 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, obsolete,…
• English - Noun: won (plural won) The currency of Korea , worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
• English - Anagrams: now own
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. * Past participle of win , from Old English winnan . Etymology 2. From Middle English wonen , from Old English wunian , from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen . Etymology 3. Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓 / 圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /wʌn/ (UK) IPA: /wɒn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɒn/ (US) IPA: /wɑn/ Rhymes: -ʌn Homophone: one (in most accents) Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn Homophone: one (for speakers who pronounce that word as /wɒn/) Homophone: wan Rhymes: -ɒn