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Translingual

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Symbol

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win

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Winnebago.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Cognates

Cognate with North Frisian wan, wane, wen, wine, wune (“to win”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian winne (“to win”), Cimbrian gabènnan (“to win”), Dutch and Low German winnen (“to win”), German gewinnen (“to win”), Luxembourgish gewannen (“to win”), Danish vinde (“to win”), Faroese and Icelandic vinna (“to win”), Norwegian Bokmål vinne (“to win”), Norwegian Nynorsk vinna, vinne (“to win”), Swedish vinna (“to win”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan, “to suffer”); also Latin venus (“beauty, charm, elegance, grace; beloved, love”), Albanian vuaj, vuj (“to suffer; to endure”), Sanskrit वनोति (vanoti, “to desire, like, love, wish; to gain, procure; to win; to prepare; to hurt, injure”).

Verb

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win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past won or (obsolete) wan, past participle won)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
      For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one knyȝt at ones
      and therfore yf ye wille fyghte ſoo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille aſſigne
      And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady ſhal haue her landes ageyne
      ye ſay wel ſayd ſir Vwayne
      therfor make yow redy ſo that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
    • 1998, Rhapsody, Emerald Sword:
      For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
    • c. 17th century, unknown author, The Baron of Brackley (traditional folk song)
      I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
    • 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel:
      No sooner did I get my freedom than my footsteps began to be dogged by the spies of the Iron Heel. It was necessary that they should be thrown off the track, and that I should win to California.
    • 1922, Everard Wyrall, The History of the Second Division 1914-1918:
      As this position was vulnerable, a trench was immediately begun from the junction of the Green Line with Lager Alley, back to the old British front line, in order to form a defensive flank for the protection of the troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade who had won through to their objective.
    • 1953, John Craig, The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948:
      Parson Brooke was transferred in a couple of years to the Southwark mint, on dissolution of which he won back to the Tower, there to experiment with machinery in Mary's reign.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23:
      That euen in the Porch he him did win,
      And cleft his head aſunder to his chin
    • 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:
      And when the stony path began,
      By which the naked peak they won,
      Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
    • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:
      “Has he nae friends?” said she, in a tearful voice.
      “That has he so!” cried Alan, “if we could but win to them!—friends and rich friends, beds to lie in, food to eat, doctors to see to him—and here he must tramp in the dubs and sleep in the heather like a beggarman.”
  3. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  4. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
    to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle
  5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
  6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
    Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
    Nah, I'd win.
  7. (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
    Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
  8. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
    The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
  9. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
    The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
    The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
  10. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).[1]
  11. (transitive, informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.
  12. (computing, informal, intransitive) To take priority.
    If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of win
infinitive (to) win
present tense past tense
1st-person singular win won
2nd-person singular win, winnest† won, wonnest†
3rd-person singular wins, winneth† won
plural win
subjunctive win won
imperative win —
participles winning won

† Archaic or obsolete.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Mokilese: wihn
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).

Noun

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win (plural wins)

  1. An individual victory.
    Antonym: loss
    Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.
  2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
    Antonym: fail
  3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
  4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).

Noun

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win

  1. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
  2. Alternative form of wynn.
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Etymology 4

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From wind.

Verb

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win

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.

References

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  1. ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881), “Win”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.

Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English win.

Noun

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win

  1. win
  2. victory
  3. prize

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win

  1. to win

Dutch

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win

  1. inflection of winnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Noun

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win

  1. woman

Further reading

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  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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win (uncountable)

  1. alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Etymology 2

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From Old English winn, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winną, *winnaną; akin to winnen. Reinforced by earlier iwin, from Old English ġewinn.

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win (uncountable)

  1. benefit, gain, profit
  2. (Late Middle English) wealth, riches
  3. (Early Middle English) discord, conflict, turmoil
  4. (Early Middle English, rare) exertion, work
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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win

  1. alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

Middle High German

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Etymology

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    From Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, borrowed from Latin vīnum.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwiːn/

    Noun

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    wīn m

    1. wine

    Declension

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    Declension of wīn (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër wīn die wīne
    genitive eines dës wīnes dër wīne
    dative eime dëm wīne dën wīnen
    accusative einen dën wīn die wīne

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    Further reading

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    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “wîn”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

    Mokilese

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    win

    1. hair
    2. an animal's feathers or scales

    Possessive forms

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    Possessive forms of win (tightly inalienable)
    singular
    possessor     		first person wineioa
    second person winemwen
    third person wine
    dual
    possessors     		first person inclusive winesa
    first person exclusive winema
    second person winemwa
    third person winera
    plural
    possessors     		first person inclusive winesai
    first person exclusive winemai
    second person winemwai
    third person winerai
    remote plural
    possessors     		first person inclusive winehs
    first person exclusive winemi
    second person winemwi
    third person winehr
    construct form winen

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    References

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    • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[2], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 248

    North Frisian

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    From Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

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    win m

    1. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) wine
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    Etymology 2

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    From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.

    Noun

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    win m

    1. (Mooring) wind
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    Old Dutch

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    Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

      Noun

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      wīn m

      1. wine

      Inflection

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      Declension of wīn (masculine a-stem noun)
      case singular plural
      nominative wīn wīna
      accusative wīn wīna
      genitive wīnes wīno
      dative wīne wīnon

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      Further reading

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      • “wīn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

      Old English

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      Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *wīn from Latin vīnum.

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        wīn n

        1. wine
          • c. 810, charter of Christ Church Canterbury, Cotton Augustus II, 79, f1r:
            ...selle mon... mittan fulne huniges oðða tuegen uuines...
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        Declension

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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative wīn wīn
        accusative wīn wīn
        genitive wīnes wīna
        dative wīne wīnum

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        Old High German

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        Etymology

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          From Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, Borrowed from Latin vīnum.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈwiːn/, /ˈviːn/

          Noun

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          wīn m

          1. wine

          Declension

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          Declension of wīn (masculine a-stem)
          case singular plural
          nominative wīn wīnā, wīna
          accusative wīn wīnā, wīna
          genitive wīnes wīno
          dative wīne wīnum
          instrumental wīnu —

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          Polish

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          win f

          1. genitive plural of wina

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          win n

          1. genitive plural of wino

          Sos Kundi

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          Adjective

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          win

          1. bloody

          Noun

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          win

          1. blood

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          Tok Pisin

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          Etymology

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          From English wind.

          Noun

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          win

          1. wind
            • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:
              Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.
              →New International Version translation
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          Torres Strait Creole

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          Etymology

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          From English wind.

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          win

          1. wind

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          Welsh

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          win

          1. soft mutation of gwin

          Mutation

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          Mutated forms of gwin
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          gwin win ngwin unchanged

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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          win

          1. day
          2. sun

          References

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          • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics

          Yoruba

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          Etymology 1

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          wìn

          1. to aim at a target with a projectile
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          Etymology 2

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          Replaced by yá

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          wín

          1. to borrow
            Synonym: yá
          2. (transitive) to lend, loan
            Synonym: yá
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          Etymology 3

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          Compare with Olukumi wẹ́n and possibly Igala mẹ́, also used by SEY speakers, it has largely been replaced by sún mọ́ in standard Yoruba

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          wín

          1. (dated) to be near or close to something
            Synonym: sún mọ́
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