victor

See also: Victor and Víctor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victor (“a conqueror”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/

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Noun

victor (plural victors)

1. The winner in a fight or contest.
   • 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.

2. The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Synonyms

• winner
• conqueror

Derived terms

• victorious adjective
• victory noun

Translations

winner in a fight or contest

• Finnish: voittaja (fi)
• German: Sieger (de) m, Siegerin (de) f
• Hungarian: győztes (hu)
• Italian: vincitore (it) m, vincitrice f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌رکه‌وتو (sarkawtoo)

• Navajo: akʼehdidlíní

• Norwegian Bokmål: seierherre m, vinner (no) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigerherre m, vinnar m
• Polish: zwycięzca (pl) m
• Romanian: învingător (ro) m, învingătoare (ro) f, învingători m pl, învingătoare (ro) f pl
• Swedish: segrare (sv) c, vinnare (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) vikodan (vo), (♂) hivikodan, (♀) jivikodan

The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet

• Estonian: Viktor

• Finnish: Vihtori (fi)

External links

• victor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• victor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• victor at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Etymology

Consists of vic- +‎ -tor. Latin vic- is the root of vincō, vincere (“to conquer”). The female form is victrix.

Noun

victor m (genitive victōris); third declension

1. conqueror, vanquisher, victor

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	victor	victōrēs
genitive	victōris	victōrum
dative	victōrī	victōribus
accusative	victōrem	victōrēs
ablative	victōre	victōribus
vocative	victor	victōrēs

Adjective

victor m, f, n (genitive victoris); third declension

1. triumphant, conquering

Inflection

Third declension, neuter nominative singular like masculine/feminine.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	victor	victor		victorēs	victoria
genitive	victoris	victoris		victorium	victorium
dative	victorī	victorī		victoribus	victoribus
accusative	victorem	victor		victorēs	victoria
ablative	victorī	victorī		victoribus	victoribus
vocative	victor	victor		victorēs	victoria