Win

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Proper noun computing, engineering

  1. Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
  2. Clipping of Windows key.

Origin

Clipping of Windows.

Derived

Win10 Win11 Win16 Win2000 Win32 Win64 Win7 Win8 WinJS Winkey WinMe Winmodem WinNT WinRT Winsock WinVNC WinXP

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Origin

Clipping of Winifred.

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A surname.

Origin

Borrowing from Burmese ဝင်း (wang:)

Forms

Wins

Proper noun Entry 4

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Winston.
    • 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. - 1994, Robert B. Parker, All Our...

Origin

Clipping of Winston.

Noun

  1. A Winchester firearm.
    • Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra. - 1997 December 23, Marcus...

Origin

Clipping of Winchester.

Forms

Wins