triumphant

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin triumphāns, present participle of triumphō (“to triumph; to exult, rejoice”). By surface analysis, triumph +‎ -ant (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

triumphant (comparative more triumphant, superlative most triumphant)

1. Having achieved victory; victorious, conquering.

   church triumphant

   • 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.

2. Rejoicing in victory or success; displaying triumph; exultant.

   triumphant orchestral music

3. (now uncommon) Celebrating victory; triumphal.
4. (obsolete) Splendid, magnificent.

Derived terms

• triumphantly
• untriumphant

Related terms

• triumph

Translations

having achieved victory; victorious

• Esperanto: triumfa
• Greek: θριαμβευτικός (el) (thriamveftikós)
• Hungarian: diadalmas (hu), diadalmaskodó (hu), győzedelmes (hu), győzelmes (hu), győztes (hu)
• Polish: triumfalny (pl), zwycięski (pl)

rejoicing in victory or success; exultant

• Finnish: voitonriemuinen
• Hungarian: diadalmas (hu), diadalittas (hu), győzelemittas (hu)
• Polish: triumfalny (pl)

celebrating victory; triumphal

• Hungarian: diadalmas (hu), győzelmi (hu)
• Polish: triumfalny (pl)

splendid, magnificent

• Polish: znakomity (pl), genialny (pl)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَنْصُور (ar) (manṣūr)
• Asturian: ^{(please verify)} trunfante
• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} müzəffər
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} тържествуващ (bg) (tăržestvuvašt)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} triomfant (ca), triomfador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 狂欢的, ^{(please verify)} 庆功的

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} vítězoslavný m
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} triumferende
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} triomfant (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} triomphal (fr)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} triunfador, ^{(please verify)} triunfante
• German: ^{(please verify)} triumphierend (de)
• Gothic: ^{(please verify)} 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (hrōþeigs)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} trionfante (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 의기양양(意氣揚揚)하다 (uigiyang'yanghada), ^{(please verify)} 득의만만(意氣揚揚)하다 (deuguimanmanhada)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} victor (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} triumferende

• Occitan: ^{(please verify)} triomfant
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} hrēþiġ
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} پیروز (fa) (piruz)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} triunfante (pt), ^{(please verify)} triunfador
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} triumfător (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} victorios (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} triumfant m
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} победоно́сный (ru) (pobedonósnyj), ^{(please verify)} торжеству́ющий (ru) (toržestvújuščij), ^{(please verify)} лику́ющий (ru) (likújuščij)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} triunfante (es), ^{(please verify)} triunfador

Further reading

• Noah Webster (1828), “triumphant”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “triumphant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

triumphant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of triumphō

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin triumphāns.

Adjective

triumphant m (feminine singular triumphante, masculine plural triumphans, feminine plural triumphantes)

1. triumphant
   • 1550, Le triumphe d’Anvers, folio O verso:

     Apres eſtre ycelluy iour venu iuſques au ſoir, & que tempz fuſt de ſouper, lon a apreſtez en la ſalle cy deſſus ſouuent mentionnée, & pour ce faicte & baſtie vng moult grandt, ſumptueulx, & magnificque ſoupper, voire en tel & ſy grand appareil de metz, entremetz et de viandes treſdelicieuſes, que de plus riche, plus ſumptueux, plus magnificque, ne de plus triumphant n’eſt poẞible a homme quel quil ſoit de penſer.

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Descendants

• French: triomphant