Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

English

Alternative forms

• Victour

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name.
   • 1988 Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics (1999), →ISBN, page 53-54:

     'Well, it's you 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. The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
3. A city in Colorado.
4. A city in Idaho.
5. A town in Iowa.
6. A census-designated place in Montana.
7. A town in New York.

Related terms

• Victoria

Translations

male given name

• Belarusian: Ві́ктар (Víktar)
• Catalan: Víctor (ca) m
• 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)

• Italian: Vittorio (it), Vittore m
• Latvian: Viktors m
• Norwegian: Viktor
• 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)
• Venetian: Vitòrio m
• Vietnamese: Victor
• Welsh: Gwythyr

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Viktor

Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name, cognate to English Victor.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vik.tɔʁ/

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Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name, cognate to Victor.

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German

Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name, a spelling variant of Viktor.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Victor

1. A male given name, variant spelling of Viktor.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Víctor
• Vitor, Vítor

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/

Proper noun

Victor m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Victor

Coordinate terms

• Victoria

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Swedish

Proper noun

Victor c (genitive Victors)

1. A male given name, variant spelling of Viktor.

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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