won
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- United Kingdom//wɒn//
- United States//wɑn//
- //wʌn//
The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
verb
- 1
Also a form of winsimple past and past participle of win
Etymology
* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.
verb
- 1
archaicTo live, remain.
I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.
- 2
archaicTo be accustomed to do something.
Etymology
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.
noun
- 1
The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓 /圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.
Forms
- past tense
- wonned
- past participle
- wonned
- present participle
- wonning
- third person singular
- wons
won · The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
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