trophy
pronunciation
How to pronounce trophy in British English:
UK [ˈtrəʊfi]
How to pronounce trophy in American English:
US [ˈtroʊfi]
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- Noun:
- an award for success in war or hunting
- something given as a token of victory
Word Origin
- trophy
- trophy: [16] A trophy is etymologically something awarded to commemorate the enemy’s ‘turning round’ and running away. The word comes via French trophée and Latin trophaeum from Greek trópaion ‘monument to the enemy’s defeat’. This was a noun use of the adjective tropaíos ‘of turning’, a derivative of tropé ‘turning’, hence ‘turning back the enemy’ (source also of English tropic).=> tropic
- trophy (n.)
- 1510s, "a spoil or prize of war," from Middle French trophée (15c.) from Latin trophaeum "a sign of victory, monument," originally tropaeum, from Greek tropaion "monument of an enemy's defeat," noun use of neuter of adjective tropaios "of defeat, causing a rout," from trope "a rout," originally "a turning" (of the enemy); see trope. In ancient Greece, spoils or arms taken in battle and set up on the field and dedicated to a god. Figurative extension to any token or memorial of victory is first recorded 1560s. As "a symbolic representation of a classical trophy" from 1630s. Trophy wife attested by 1984.
Example
- 1. The bafana bafana may not raise the trophy next month .
- 2. The prize for each category is a gold-coloured raspberry trophy .
- 3. After winning , he put the trophy at one of the most conspicuous position for them .
- 4. For me , this trophy is a work of art representing football 's most exquisite achievement .
- 5. The last club to lift the trophy in successive years were ac milan in 1989 and 1990 .