Definition of WONING

woning

Plural: wonings

Noun

  • A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.

Verb

  • present participle and gerund of wone

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”).

Scrabble Score: 10

woning: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
woning: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
woning: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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