Win
English
editEtymology 1
editClipping of Winchester.
Noun
editWin (plural Wins)
- (colloquial) A Winchester firearm.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editWin
- (computing) Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editDiminutives.
Proper noun
editWin
- A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.
- A diminutive of the male given name Winston.
- 1994, Robert B. Parker, All Our Yesterdays, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 449:
- Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting.
Etymology 4
editBorrowing from Burmese ဝင်း (wang:)
Proper noun
editWin (plural Wins)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Win is the 11209th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2820 individuals. Win is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (88.01%) individuals.
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- English clippings
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English colloquialisms
- English terms with quotations
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English given names
- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- English male given names
- English diminutives of male given names
- English terms borrowed from Burmese
- English terms derived from Burmese
- English surnames
- en:Firearms
- en:Microsoft