Trojan

See also trojan

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtrəʊdʒən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtroʊdʒən/

Noun

Trojan (plural Trojans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
3. (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
4. (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
5. (programming) A very widespread and popular form of malware or computer virus.

Hypernyms

• (astrophysics): Lagrangian (object)

Translations

person from Troy

• Catalan: troià (ca) m, troiana (ca) f
• Dutch: Trojaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: trojano (eo) (man or woman), trojanino (eo) (woman)
• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: Troyen (fr) m, Troyenne (fr) f
• Galician: troiano (gl) m, troiana (gl) f
• German: Trojaner (de) m, Trojanerin (de) f

• Hungarian: trójai (hu)
• Macedonian: Тројанец (mk) (Trójanec) m, Тројанка (mk) (Trójanka) f
• Norwegian Bokmål: trojaner (nb) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trojanar (nn) m
• Portuguese: troiano (pt) m, troiana (pt) f
• Russian: троянец (ru) (trojánec) m, троянка (ru) (trojánka) f
• Swedish: (male) trojan (sv) c, (female) trojanska (sv) c

student

Trojan asteroid — see Trojan asteroid

astronomical object residing at a Trojan point

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)

• French: troyen (fr) m

computer malware

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: cheval de Troie (fr) m, trojan (fr) m

• German: Trojaner (de) m
• Swedish: trojan (sv) c

Adjective

Trojan (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
2. (astrophysics) Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
3. (programming) Of, or relating to, a certain type of malware.

Hypernyms

• (astrophysics): Lagrangian

Derived terms

• Trojan War
• Trojan horse
• (astrophysics): Trojan moon , Trojan planet

Related terms

• (astrophysics): Trojan point , Trojan asteroid

Translations

relating to the city Troy

• Catalan: troià (ca)
• Dutch: Trojaans (nl)
• French: troyen (fr)
• Galician: troiano (gl)
• German: trojanisch (de)
• Hungarian: trójai (hu)

• Norwegian Bokmål: trojansk (nb)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trojansk (nn)
• Portuguese: troiano (pt)
• Russian: троянский (ru) (trojánskij)
• Swedish: trojansk (sv)

relating to a Trojan point

• French: troyen (fr)

relating to a malware

• Swedish: trojansk (sv)