different between affix vs win

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- +? fix.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?æ.f?ks/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?.?f?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

affix (plural affixes)

1. That which is affixed; an appendage.

   Synonyms: addition, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct

2. (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.

   Synonyms: suffix, postfix

3. (linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.

   Antonym: nonaffix

   Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix

4. (mathematics) The complex number ${\displaystyle a+bi}$ associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates ${\displaystyle (a,b)}$.
5. (decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
• clitic

Translations

Verb

affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)

1. (transitive) To attach.

   Synonyms: join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

   • Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food […]

2. (transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.

3. (transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty

     Look thou no further, but affix thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...

Translations

Further reading

• affix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin affixum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?ks/
• Hyphenation: af?fix

Noun

affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje n)

1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

Swedish

Noun

affix n

1. an affix

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophones: wynn, Nguyen, winne

Etymology 1

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ?ewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnan? (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.

Verb

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

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 kny?t 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
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.
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.

5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
   • 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

     Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3

     She is a woman; therefore to be won.
6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.

7. (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.

8. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).

9. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.

10. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

win (plural wins)

1. An individual victory.

   Antonym: loss

   Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

   Antonym: fail

3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

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

Noun

win (plural wins)

1. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

Derived terms

• worldly win

Etymology 4

From wind.

Verb

win

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

References

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English win.

Noun

win

1. win
2. victory
3. prize

Verb

win

1. to win

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n
• IPA^(key): /??n/

Verb

win

1. first-person singular present indicative of winnen
2. imperative of winnen

Kis

Noun

win

1. woman

Further reading

• 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

Etymology 1

Noun

win (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• winn, winne, wynne, wunne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /win/

Noun

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

Descendants

• English: win

References

• “win, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2020.

Etymology 3

Verb

win

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

Etymology 4

Noun

win

1. Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?n/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

win m

1. (Mooring) wind

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Noun

win m

1. (Mooring) wine

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Noun

w?n m

1. wine

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wijn
  • Dutch: wijn
    • Afrikaans: wyn
  • Limburgish: wien

Further reading

• “w?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?n from Latin v?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?n/
• Homophone: wynn

Noun

w?n n

1. wine

Declension

Derived terms

• æppelw?n
• w?ntr?ow

Descendants

• Middle English: wyn, win, wine, wyne, wijn, vine, vyn, vyne, wyen, weyn, wynne
  • English: wine (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: wyne

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?in/

Noun

win f

1. genitive plural of wina

Noun

win n

1. genitive plural of wino

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wind.

Noun

win

1. wind

Related terms

• winim

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English wind.

Noun

win

1. wind

Derived terms

• big win

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?n/

Noun

win

1. Soft mutation of gwin.

Mutation