victory

Meanings

1. The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike; also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman”).

1. Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.

1. To defeat or triumph over (someone or something).

1. The 48th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
2. A surname.
3. Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A town in Cayuga County, New York.
6. A village in Saratoga County, New York.
7. A neighbourhood of Camden, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
8. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oklahoma.
9. A town in Essex County, Vermont.
10. An unincorporated community in Wheatland, Vernon County, Wisconsin.
11. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226.
12. A volcano in Papua New Guinea, also known as Mount Victory.

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English victory, victori, victorie (“supremacy, victory; a defeat or vanquishing, conquest; superior military force; might, power, strength; triumphal celebration or procession; monument commemorating a defeat; superior position, dominance; mastery; moral victory, vindication; success, triumph; redemption, salvation; resurrection of Jesus; means of achieving spiritual victory; reward for or token of perseverance in a spiritual struggle”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman victorie and Old French victorie, a variant of victoire (“victory, win”) (modern French victoire), from Latin victōria (“victory”), from victor (“champion, winner, victor; conqueror, vanquisher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to contain, envelop; to overcome”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as victor + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state), and displaced Middle English siȝe, sye. The interjection is derived from the noun. Cognates Cognate with French victoire, Italian vittoria, Portuguese vitoria, Spanish victoria, Romanian victorie. Tamil வெற்றி (veṟṟi) (pronounced roughly like "vetri") is a false cognate.