triumph
pronunciation
How to pronounce triumph in British English:
UK [ˈtraɪʌmf]
How to pronounce triumph in American English:
US [ˈtraɪʌmf]
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- Noun:
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest
- the exultation of victory
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- Verb:
- prove superior
- be ecstatic with joy
- dwell on with satisfaction
- to express great joy
Word Origin
- triumph
- triumph: [14] Triumph comes via Old French triumphe from Latin triumphus, which denoted a ‘public celebration to welcome home a victorious general’. It was an alteration of Old Latin triumpus, which was probably borrowed from Greek thríambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’. The cards term trump is an alteration of triumph.=> trump
- triumph (n.)
- late 14c., "success in battle, conquest," also "spiritual victory" and "a procession celebrating victory in war," from Old French triumphe (12c., Modern French triomphe), from Latin triumphus "an achievement, a success; celebratory procession for a victorious general or admiral," from Old Latin triumpus, probably via Etruscan from Greek thriambos "hymn to Dionysus," a loan-word from a pre-Hellenic language.
- triumph (v.)
- mid-15c., from Old French triumpher (13c.), from Latin triumphare, from triumphus (see triumph (n.)). Related: Triumphed; triumphing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. It should have been her moment of triumph .
- 2. But the cdu 's performance was no triumph either .
- 3. His triumph in florida on january 31st is an exception .
- 4. Kasparov 's eventual victory came to symbolise the triumph of youthful energy over the creaking soviet empire .
- 5. The biggest democratic triumph was in california .