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won¹
- /wʌn/
Sounds like one (in most accents) · Rhymes with -ʌn
Where it comes from
* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.
verb
- simple past and past participle of win
won²
- /wɒn/ UK
Sounds like one (for speakers who pronounce that word as /wɒn/), wan · Rhymes with (UK) -ɒn
Where it comes from
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.
verb wons · wonning · wonned · wone
- To live, remain. I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.
- To be accustomed to do something.
won³
- /wɒn/ UK
- /wɑn/ US
Sounds like one (for speakers who pronounce that word as /wɒn/), wan · Rhymes with -ɒn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓 /圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: achieved, attained, overcome, become, gain, winner, victory, benefitted, received, spread, worth, gaining, earn, granted, prize, defeated
Translations
Talk about this word "won." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/won. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. won. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/won "won." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/won.Cite this
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title = {won},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/won},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
