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winner

/ˈwɪnə/WIH-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈwɪnɚ/WIH-nur

Meaningone who wins

Common meaning: a person or thing that wins

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwinnansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwinnensource
  3. Englishwin‘to be victorious’
  4. Englishformed in English from winwinner‘a person or thing that wins’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from win + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WIN, p.712 · scan

Source words

  • winnan Old English · source word “to strive, to struggle”

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