victorious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victōriōsus, from victōria (“victory”), from victor (“conqueror”). Displaced native Old English siġefæst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪkˈtɔːɹiəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs

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

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مُنْتَصِر (muntaṣir), مُظَفَّر (muẓaffar)
• Armenian: հաղթական (hy) (haġtʻakan), հաղթանակած (haġtʻanakac)
• Asturian: victoriosu
• Azerbaijani: qalib (az)
• Basque: garaile
• Bulgarian: победен (bg) (pobeden)
• Catalan: victoriós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vítězný (cs)
• Danish: sejrrig
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

  Ancient Greek: νῑκηφόρος m or f (nīkēphóros)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: győztes (hu)
• Irish: áitheasach
• Italian: vittorioso (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: វិជយិន (km) (vicĕəʼyɨn)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: victoriosus (la), victor (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: victoriós (oc)
• Old English: siġefæst
• Persian: پیروز (fa) (piruz), چیره (fa) (čire)
• Polish: zwycięski (pl)
• Portuguese: vitorioso (pt)
• Romanian: victorios (ro) m or n
• Russian: победи́вший (ru) (pobedívšij)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: victorioso (es)
• Tagalog: matagumpay
• Turkish: utkulu (tr), muzaffer (tr), galip (tr)
• Ukrainian: перемо́жний (peremóžnyj)
• Welsh: buddugol (cy)

of or expressing a sense of victory

• Arabic: اِنْتِصَارِيّ (intiṣāriyy)
• Armenian: հաղթական (hy) (haġtʻakan)
• Belarusian: перамо́жны (pjeramóžny)
• Bulgarian: победоно́сен (bg) (pobedonósen)
• Czech: vítězný (cs)
• Danish: triumferende
• Faroese: sigursælur
• Finnish: voitonriemuinen
• Galician: victorioso
• Georgian: გამარჯვებული (gamarǯvebuli), ძლევამოსილი (ʒlevamosili)
• German: triumphierend (de), triumphal (de), siegesstrahlend, Sieges- (de)
• Irish: áitheasach
• Polish: zwycięski (pl)
• Russian: победоно́сный (ru) (pobedonósnyj), побе́дный (ru) (pobédnyj)
• Slovak: víťazný
• Ukrainian: перемо́жний (peremóžnyj), звитя́жний (zvytjážnyj) (poetic), побі́дний (pobídnyj) (dated), побідоно́сний (pobidonósnyj)
• Volapük: vikodik (vo)

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

• Portuguese: vitorioso (pt)