triumphal

English

Etymology

From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/

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Adjective

triumphal (comparative more triumphal, superlative most triumphal)

1. Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
2. That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.

Synonyms

• (celebrating triumph, victory): triumphant

Derived terms

• triumphal arch
• triumphally
• triumphal entry
• triumphalism
• triumphalist

Translations

of or relating to a triumph

• Bulgarian: триумфален (bg) (triumfalen)
• Catalan: triomfal
• French: triomphal (fr) m
• Galician: triunfal
• Hungarian: diadalmi (hu)
• Portuguese: triunfal
• Russian: триумфальный (ru) (triumfalʹnyj)
• Spanish: triunfal

that celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory

• French: triomphal (fr) m, de triomphe m or f
• Galician: triunfal
• Hungarian: diadalmi (hu)
• Portuguese: triunfal, triunfante (pt)
• Spanish: triunfal

Noun

triumphal (plural triumphals)

1. (obsolete) A token of victory.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     so near Heaven's door
     Triumphal with triumphal act have met

Old French

Adjective

triumphal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triumphal)

1. triumphal (of or relating to a triumph)

Descendants

• French: triomphal