Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (conqueror).

Proper noun

Victor

  1. A male given name.
    • 1988 Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics (1999), ISBN 014018855X, page 53-54:
      'Well, it's you mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
  2. The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  3. A city in Colorado.
  4. A city in Idaho.
  5. A town in Iowa.
  6. A census-designated place in Montana.
  7. A town in New York.

Translations


Danish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Victor

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Victor.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vik.tɔʁ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Victor

  1. A male given name, cognate to Victor.

German

Proper noun

Victor

  1. A male given name, a spelling variant of Viktor.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Victor

  1. A male given name, variant spelling of Viktor.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/

Proper noun

Victor m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Victor

Coordinate terms


Swedish

Proper noun

Victor c (genitive Victors)

  1. A male given name, variant spelling of Viktor.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vïk̟̚˧˦ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˧˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • Phonetic: vích to

Proper noun

Victor

  1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor
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