"victory" in seven languages
Meaningvictory
Spanish
victoria
/bikˈtoɾja/
fem.learned
French
victoire
/viktwaʁ/
fem.learned
The -oire ending is the same adapted learned ending as in gloire and mémoire.
Italian
vittoria
/vitˈtɔrja/
fem.learned
Portuguese
vitória
/viˈtɔɾjɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
victorie
/vikˈtorie/
fem.learned
Catalan
victòria
/bikˈtɔɾiə/
fem.learned
English
victory
/ˈvɪktəɹi/
from Latin/French · Old French victorie
English → ItalianvictoryvittoriaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VICTŌRIAM‘victory (from VINCERE 'to win')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word in all four languages, but Italian still assimilated the ct to tt, as it does even in book words (vittoria, dottore).
English relatives: victor, convict, convince, invincible
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In a sentence
- esEl equipo celebró su victoria.
- frL'équipe a fêté sa victoire.
- itLa squadra ha festeggiato la vittoria.
- ptO time comemorou a vitória.
- roEchipa și-a sărbătorit victoria.
- caL'equip va celebrar la victòria.
- enThe team celebrated its victory.
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