Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

Translingual

Victor [1]
Victor [2]
Victor [3]

Alternative forms

• victor, VICTOR

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Alfa

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliett

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

Xray

Yankee

Zulu

zero

one

two

three (tree)

four (fower)

five (fife)

six

seven

eight

nine (niner)

hundred

thousand

decimal

Translations

the letter "V" in a national spelling alphabet

• Bulgarian: Виктор (Viktor)
• 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):

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• 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.'

   • 2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.

2. A number of places in the United States.
   1. An unincorporated community in Freeman Township, Pope County, Arkansas.
   2. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
   3. A city in Teller County, Colorado.
   4. A city in Teton County, Idaho.
   5. An unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
   6. A town in Poweshiek County and Iowa County, Iowa.
   7. A ghost town in Blue Hills Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.
   8. A census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana.
   9. A town in Ontario County, New York.
      1. A village in Victor, New York.
   10. An unincorporated community in Victor Township, Roberts County, South Dakota.
   11. A ghost town in Emery County, Utah.
   12. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
   13. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
3. (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.

   Coordinate term: Peggy

Derived terms

• Victorville

Related terms

• Victoria

Translations

male given name

• Abkhaz: Бақьтор (Bakʲtʼor), Виктор (Vikʼtʼor)
• Armenian: Վիկտոր (Viktor)
• Belarusian: Ві́ктар (Víktar)
• Bulgarian: Ви́ктор m (Víktor)
• 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) m (Víktor)
• Sicilian: Vittòriu m
• Slovak: Viktor m
• Spanish: Víctor (es) m
• Swedish: Viktor (sv)
• Ukrainian: Віктор m (Viktor)
• Venetan: 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:

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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 (proper noun, genitive singular Victors)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Victor (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Victor
accusative	Victor
dative	Victori
genitive	Victors

Norwegian

Proper noun

Victor

1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Vítor (Portugal)
• 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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: vích to

Proper noun

Victor

1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor