victorious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victōriōsus, from victōria (“victory”), from victor (“conqueror”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪkˈtɔːriəs/

Adjective

victorious (comparative more victorious, superlative most victorious)

1. Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.
   • 2009, Muse, “Uprising”:

     They will not force us, / They will stop degrading us, / They will not control us, / We will be victorious!

2. Of or expressing a sense of victory or triumph.

   The team were met with a victorious cheer.

Related terms

• victory

Translations

being the winner

• Asturian: victoriosu
• Catalan: victoriós
• Czech: vítězný (cs)
• Danish: sejrrig
• Faroese: vinnandi, sigrandi
• Finnish: voittoisa (fi)
• French: victorieux (fr) m
• Galician: victorioso
• Georgian: გამარჯვებული (gamarǯvebuli), ძლევამოსილი (ʒlevamosili)
• German: siegreich (de), obsiegend (de) (rare), Sieger-, Sieges-
• Greek: νικηφόρος (el) (nikifóros)
• Hungarian: győztes (hu)
• Irish: áitheasach
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• Italian: vittorioso (it)
• Latin: victoriosus (la), victor (la)
• Occitan: victoriós
• Persian: پیروز (fa) (piruz), چیره (fa) (čire)
• Polish: zwycięski (pl)
• Portuguese: vitorioso (pt)
• Romanian: victorios (ro) m or n
• Russian: победи́вший (ru) (pobedívšij)
• Spanish: victorioso
• Tagalog: matagumpay
• Turkish: galip (tr)
• Welsh: buddugol (cy)

of or expressing a sense of victory

• Danish: triumferende
• Faroese: sigursælur
• Finnish: voitonriemuinen
• Galician: victorioso
• Georgian: გამარჯვებული (gamarǯvebuli), ძლევამოსილი (ʒlevamosili)
• German: triumphierend (de), triumphal, siegesstrahlend
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• Irish: áitheasach
• Russian: победоно́сный (ru) (pobedonósnyj), побе́дный (ru) (pobédnyj)
• Volapük: vikodik (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: vitorioso (pt)
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