triumphant
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin triumphans. Surface analysis is triumph + -ant (“adjective ending”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/
Adjective
triumphant (comparative more triumphant, superlative most triumphant)
- Celebrating victory.
- a triumphant chariot
- So shall it be in the church triumphant.
- Athena, war's triumphant maid...
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Translations
celebrating victory
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Further reading
- triumphant in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- triumphant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
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