trophy

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
2. An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
3. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
4. (broadly) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
5. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A tropæum.
6. A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
7. An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
8. An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.

Verb

1. (transitive) To adorn (someone) with trophies.
2. (intransitive) To win a trophy in a competition.

Concepts

trophée

🏆

prix

récompense

trophée de chasse

proie

gibier

butin

Synonymes

prize

award

reward

accolade

spoils

cup

booty

keeping

ladle

laurel

loot

medal

plunder

premium

prizes

tip

V sign

prize cup

captured

citation

game

guerdon

honor

honour

Traductions

trofeo

🏆

trofeo

🏆

Trophäe

🏆

τρόπαιο

troféu

🏆

trofeu

🏆

ganimet

Pokal

trofee

🏆

βραβείο

Siegeszeichen

prémio

coppa

κύπελλο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɹəʊfi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).

Phrases

For the second time in history , Chile won the trophy .

Pour la deuxième fois de l'histoire, le Chili a remporté le trophée.