trophy
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
art
arts
criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: trophies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trophies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trophying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: trophied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: trophied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
pos: noun
examples: He won the trophy in a running competition.
gloss: An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
pos: noun
examples: The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, / And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, / And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars.
Similarly, the Soviet defence industry tested their guns by firing against German trophy tanks or fired against new Soviet vehicles with German guns or German ammunition.
gloss: Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
pos: noun
examples: His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
“The stakes are getting so high,” Mr. MacDonald-Korth said in a telephone interview, referring to the skyrocketing amounts being paid for trophy works of art.
gloss: An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A tropæum.
pos: noun
tags: Ancient-Rome
historical
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The souvenirs which many killers retain of their victims are often described as trophies, and Norman Bates's taxidermic interests derived from the real-life Ed Gein.
A trophy from this murder would have been of great importance.
The offender is also likely to mentally relive his killings, often with the help of souvenirs or trophies, such as a bracelet or a body part taken from the victim.
gloss: An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
pos: noun
gloss: An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
pos: noun
gloss: To adorn (someone) with trophies.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: How many a night serene, shall I behold / Those vvarm attractive orbits, close inshrined / In ether, over vvhich Love's column rose / Marmoreal, trophied round vvith golden hair.
gloss: To win a trophy in a competition.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He trophied at the 1993, 1994, 2012 and 2015 National Championships and was most proud of winning his class at the 2017 Spring Nationals.
Derived words: fuck trophy
government trophy
lead trophy
participation trophy
trophy boyfriend
trophy case
trophy girlfriend
trophy hunt
trophy hunting
trophy husband
trophyless
trophylike
trophy money
trophy partner
trophy room
trophy veep
trophy wife
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: трафе́й
roman: trafjéj
lang: Bulgarian
word: трофе́й
roman: troféj
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 戰利品 /战利品
roman: zhànlìpǐn
lang: Danish
word: trofæ
lang: Estonian
word: trofee
lang: Estonian
word: sõjasaak
lang: Estonian
word: võidumälestis
lang: Estonian
word: jahimälestis
lang: Finnish
word: metsästysmuisto
lang: Finnish
word: voitonmerkki
lang: Finnish
word: sotasaalis
lang: Finnish
word: trofee
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τρόπαιον
roman: trópaion
lang: Hebrew
word: שָׁלָל
roman: shalál
lang: Māori
word: ito
lang: Māori
word: ahikarae
lang: Māori
word: mariunga
lang: Russian
word: трофе́й
roman: troféj
lang: Swahili
word: nyara
lang: Ukrainian
word: трофей
roman: trofej