Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

Translingual

Victor [2]
Victor [3]

Alternative forms

• victor

Etymology

From English Victor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪkta]

Noun

Victor

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the letter V.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter V.
3. (time zone) UTC−09:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes for letters

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
code	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu

Translations

the letter "V" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Václav (cs)
• English: Victor
• Estonian: Viktor
• Finnish: Vihtori (fi)
• Italian: Venezia (it)
• Russian: Васи́лий (ru) m (Vasílij)
• Swedish: Viktor (sv)

English

Alternative forms

• (given name): Victour (obsolete)

Etymology

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)
• Homophone: victor

Noun

Victor

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.

Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1988, Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics, published 1999, →ISBN:

     'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'

2. A city in Colorado.
3. A city in Idaho.
4. A town in Iowa.
5. A census-designated place in Montana.
6. A town in New York.
7. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
8. (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.

   Coordinate term: Peggy

Related terms

• Victoria

Translations

male given name

• Abkhaz: Бақьтор (Bakʲtʼor), Виктор (Vikʼtʼor)
• Armenian: Վիկտոր (Viktor)
• Belarusian: Ві́ктар (Víktar)
• Bulgarian: Виктор (Viktor)
• Catalan: Víctor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維克托／维克托 (zh) (Wéikètuō)

• Czech: Viktor (cs) m
• Danish: Victor
• Dutch: Viktor (nl), Victor (nl)
• Esperanto: Viktoro
• Faroese: Viktor m
• Finnish: Vihtori (fi)
• French: Victor (fr)
• Galician: Vítor (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Viktor (de)
• Greek: Βίκτωρας (el) m (Víktoras)
• Hebrew: ויקטור‎ (viqtor)
• Hungarian: Viktor (hu), Győző (hu)
• Italian: Vittorio (it), Vittore m
• Japanese: ヴィクトル m
• Korean: 빅토르 m (biktoreu)
• Latvian: Viktors m
• Norwegian: Viktor
• Occitan: Victor m, Victòr m
• Persian: ویکتور‎ (viktor)
• Polish: Wiktor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Victor m, Vitor (pt) m, Víctor m, Vítor (pt) m
• Russian: Ви́ктор (ru) (Víktor)
• Sicilian: Vittòriu m
• Slovak: Viktor m
• Spanish: Víctor (es) m
• Swedish: Viktor (sv)
• Ukrainian: Віктор m (Viktor)
• Venetian: Vitòrio m
• Vietnamese: Victor
• Welsh: Gwythyr

Danish

Alternative forms

• Viktor

Proper noun

Victor

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vik.tɔʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Victor m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

German

Proper noun

Victor

1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Icelandic

Proper noun

Victor m

1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Victor

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Victor
accusative	Victor
dative	Victori
genitive	Victors

Norwegian

Proper noun

Victor

1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Vítor (European)
• Víctor
• Vitor
• Victhor

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/ [ˈvik.toh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/ [ˈvik.toh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/ [ˈvik.toχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toɻ/

Proper noun

Victor m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

Coordinate terms

• Victoria

Swedish

Proper noun

Victor c (genitive Victors)

1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vïk̟̚˧˦ tɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˦˧˥ tɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
• Phonetic: vích to

Proper noun

Victor

1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor