win

Signification

Noun

1. An individual victory.
2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To conquer, defeat.
2. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
3. To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
4. To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
5. To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
6. To achieve victory.
7. To have power, coercion or control.
8. To obtain (something desired).
9. To cause a victory for someone.
10. To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
11. (informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.

Verb

To dry by exposure to the wind.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɪn/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .

Il est devenu le premier Français à remporter le championnat du monde.