victim

English

Etymology

from the Latin victima, sacrificial animal

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɪktəm/

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Noun

victim (plural victims)

1. (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
2. Anyone who is physically harmed by another.
3. An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)
4. A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
5. An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
6. Narratology. A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.

Translations

a living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Chinese: 牺牲品 Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Czech: oběť (cs) f. Danish: offer (da) n., slagteoffer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f. German: Opfer (de) n. Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n.

Hebrew: קורבן (he) (Korban) m. Indonesian: kurban (id) Lithuanian: auka (lt) f. Polish: ofiara (pl) f. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f. Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach (gd) m. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n. Turkish: kurban (tr)

anyone who is physically harmed by another

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Chinese: 受害人 Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Danish: offer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f. German: Opfer (de) n.

Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n. Hungarian: áldozat (hu) Khmer: ជនរងគ្រោះ (km) (chɔɔn rɔɔng krʊək) Polish: ofiara (pl) f., poszkodowana (pl) f., poszkodowany (pl) m. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f. Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach (gd) m. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n.

an aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Czech: oběť (cs) f. Danish: offer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f. German: Opfer (de) n.

Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n. Khmer: ជនរងគ្រោះ (km) (chawn rawng krʊək) Polish: ofiara (pl) f., poszkodowana (pl) f., poszkodowany (pl) m. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f. Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach (gd) m. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n.

a person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Chinese: 受难者 Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Danish: offer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f.

German: Opfer (de) n. Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n. Polish: poszkodowana (pl) f., poszkodowany (pl) m. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f. Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach (gd) m. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n.

an unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 受害者 (zh) (shòuhàizhě) Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Danish: offer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f. German: Opfer (de) n.

Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n. Haitian Creole: viktim Japanese: 被災者 (ja) (ひさいしゃ, hisaisha) Polish: ofiara (pl) f., poszkodowana (pl) f., poszkodowany (pl) m. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f., пострадавший (ru) (postradávšij) Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach (gd) m. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n. Turkish: kurban (tr)

(Narratology) a character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain

Armenian: զոհ (hy) (zoh) Catalan: víctima (ca) f. Croatian: žrtva (hr) f. Danish: offer (da) n. Dutch: slachtoffer (nl) n. French: victime (fr) f.

Greek: θύμα (el) (thýma) n. Polish: ofiara (pl) f. Russian: жертва (ru) (žértva) f. Spanish: víctima (es) f. Swedish: offer (sv) n.

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French: victime Italian: vittima f. Portuguese: vítima f. Slovak: obeť f. Turkish: kurban