winner

See also: Winner

English

Etymology

From Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnə/
Audio (RP) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
Homophone: winter (some North American dialects)

Noun

winner (plural winners)

One who has won or often wins.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
- 1994, Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G., 0:41 from the start:
  Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha
  You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
  Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
  Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
  Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
  Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner
(sports) A point or goal that wins a competition.
- 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1-0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
  It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.

Antonyms

loser

Derived terms

breadwinner
prizewinner, prize winner
winner-take-all

Translations

one who has won or often wins

Afrikaans: wenner
Albanian: fitues (sq) m
Arabic: فَائِز‎ m (fāʾiz), فَائِزَة‎ f (fāʾiza), غَالِب‎ m (ḡālib), غَالِبَة‎ f (ḡāliba), ظَافِر‎ m (ẓāfir), ظَافِرَة‎ f (ẓāfira), رَابِح‎‎ m (rābiḥ), رَابِحَة‎‎ f (rābiḥa)
Armenian: հաղթող (hałtʿoł)
Azerbaijani: qalib (az)
Bashkir: еңеүсе (yeŋewse)
Belarusian: перамо́жца m (pjeramóžca), перамо́жніца f (pjeramóžnica)
Bengali: বিজয়ী (bijẏī)
Bikol Central: gana (bcl)
Bulgarian: победи́тел (bg) m (pobedítel), победи́телка f (pobedítelka)
Burmese: အနိုင်ရသူ (a.nuing-ra.su), နိုင်သူ (nuingsu)
Catalan: guanyador (ca) m, guanyadora (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 勝利者, 胜利者 (sing³ lei⁶ ze²), 贏家, 赢家 (jeng⁴ gaa¹)
Mandarin: 勝利者 (zh), 胜利者 (zh) (shènglìzhě), 優勝者 (zh), 优胜者 (zh) (yōushèngzhě), 贏家 (zh), 赢家 (zh) (yíngjiā)
Czech: vítěz (cs) m, vítězka (cs) f
Danish: vinder c, segerherre c
Dutch: winnaar (nl) m, winnares (nl) f
Estonian: võitja (et)
Finnish: voittaja (fi)
French: gagnant (fr) m, gagnante (fr) f, vainqueur (fr) m, vainqueuse (fr) f
Friulian: vincidôr m
Galician: ganador (gl) m, ganadora f, triunfador m, triunfadora f
Georgian: გამარჯვებული (gamarǯvebuli), მძლეველი (mʒleveli)
German: Gewinner (de) m, Gewinnerin (de) f, Sieger (de) m, Siegerin (de) f
Greek: νικητής (el) m (nikitís), νικήτρια (el) f (nikítria)
Ancient Greek: νικητής m (nikētḗs)
Hebrew: מְנַצֵּחַ‎ (he) m (m'natséakh), מנצחת‎ f (m'natsákhat)
Hindi: विजयी (hi) m (vijyī), विजेता (hi) m (vijetā)
Hungarian: győztes (hu), nyertes (hu)
Icelandic: sigurvegari m
Indonesian: pemenang (id)
Italian: vincitore (it) m, vincitrice (it) f
Japanese: 勝者 (ja) (しょうしゃ, shōsha), 勝利者 (しょうりしゃ, shōrisha), ウィナー (winā), 優勝者 (ja) (ゆうしょうしゃ, yūshōsha)
Kalmyk: дииләч (diiläch)
Kazakh: жеңімпаз (jeñımpaz)
Khmer: អ្នកឈ្នះ (nĕək chnĕəh)
Korean: 승리자(勝利者) (ko) (seungnija), 수상자(受賞者) (ko) (susangja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتو‎ (serkewtu)
Northern Kurdish: xalib (ku), mizafer (ku)
Kyrgyz: жеңүүчү (ky) (jeŋüüçü)
Lao: ຜູ້ຊະນະ (phū sa na)
Latin: victor (la) m, victrīx (la) f
Latvian: uzvarētājs m, uzvarētāja f
Lithuanian: nugalėtojas m, nugalėtoja f, laimėtojas m, laimėtoja f
Luxembourgish: Gewënner
Macedonian: победник m (pobednik), победничка f (pobednička)
Malay: pemenang (ms)
Maltese: rebbieħ m, rebbieħa f
Maori: toa (mi), whakaihuwaka, kaiwini
Middle English: wynnere
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ялагч (mn) (jalagč), дийлэгч (mn) (diilegč)
Mongolian: ᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (ilaɣči), ᠳᠡᠶᠢᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (deyilüɣči)
Navajo: akʼehdidlíní
Norman: gângnant m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vinner (no) m, seierherre m
Nynorsk: vinnar m, sigerherre m
Old English: sigefæst
Pashto: غالب‎ (ps) m (ǧāleb), فاتح‎ (ps) m (fāteh)
Persian: برنده‎ (fa) (barande), فاتح‎ (fa) (fâteh), غالب‎ (fa) (ğâleb)
Polish: zwycięzca (pl) m, zwyciężczyni f
Portuguese: ganhador (pt) m, ganhadora f, vencedor (pt) m, vencedora (pt) f
Romanian: câștigător (ro) m, câștigătoare (ro) f
Russian: победи́тель (ru) m (pobedítelʹ), победи́тельница (ru) f (pobedítelʹnica)
Sanskrit: दानु (sa) m (dā́nu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀бедник m, по̀бједник m, по̀бедница f, по̀бједница f
Roman: pòbednik (sh) m, pòbjednīk (sh) m, pòbednica f, pòbjednica (sh) f
Sinhalese: ජයග්‍රාහකයා (si) (jayagrāhakayā)
Slovak: víťaz m, víťazka f
Slovene: zmagovalec (sl) m, zmagovalka f
Spanish: ganador (es) m, ganadora (es) f, vencedor (es) m, vencedora (es) f
Swahili: mshindi (sw)
Swedish: vinnare (sv) c, segrare (sv) c
Tagalog: panalo
Tajik: ғолиб (tg) (ġolib), музаффар (muzaffar), баранда (tg) (baranda), фотеҳ (foteh)
Tatar: җиңүче (tt) (ciñüçe)
Thai: ผู้ชนะ (pûu-chá-ná)
Turkish: galip (tr), kazanan (tr)
Turkmen: ýeňiji
Ukrainian: перемо́жець m (peremóžecʹ), перемо́жниця f (peremóžnycja)
Urdu: فاتِح‎ m (fāteh), فائِض‎ m (fāiz), غالِب‎ m (ġālib)
Uyghur: غالىپ‎ (ghalip), يەڭگۈچى‎ (yenggüchi)
Uzbek: gʻolib (uz), muzaffar (uz)
Vietnamese: người chiến thắng
Welsh: enillydd (cy)
Volapük: (♂♀) vikodan (vo), (♂) hivikodan, (♀) jivikodan
Yiddish: געווינער‎ m (geviner), זיגער‎ m (ziger)

point, goal (etc.) which wins a contest

Danish: afgørende mål n
Finnish: voittomaali (fi)
Swedish: segermål (sv) n