triumphant
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French, from Latin triumphans. By surface analysis, triumph + -ant (“adjective ending”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]triumphant (comparative more triumphant, superlative most triumphant)
- Celebrating victory.
- a triumphant chariot
- So shall it be in the church triumphant.
- Athena, war's triumphant maid...
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman[1]:
- Strachan emerged triumphant from the battle of former Celtic managers at the venue where they both enjoyed some of the highest points of their coaching careers.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]celebrating victory
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Further reading
[edit]- triumphant in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “triumphant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]triumphant