From en.wiktionary.org:
[-trophy]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], [la], from [en], from neuter of [grc], from [grc].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-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 take n as a prize by a hunter , or a conqueror or belligerent , especially one that is display ed.
3. * [7]
4. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2011-07-26 | author=L. Samuelson | title=Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s | publisher=Springer | isbn=9780230316669 | page=200
|text=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.}}
1. Any emblem of success; a status symbol .
2. * [en]
3. [en] An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime .
4. [en] A tropæum .
5. [en] 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.
6. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1994 | author=Philip Jenkins | title=Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nhXmk3Tm-SQC | page=117 | isbn=0202305252
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2001 | author=R. Michael Gordon | title=Alias Jack the Ripper: Beyond the Usual Whitechapel Suspects | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=n5PWnVtQs4MC | page=82 | isbn=0786408987
|passage=A TROPHY from this murder would have been of great importance.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2004 | author=Ronald F. Becker | title=Criminal Investigation | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YDGaGSdjc6kC | page=168 | isbn=0763731684
|passage=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.}}
1. An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market .
2. An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|trophy money|participation trophy| trophy hunt |trophy wife|fuck
trophy||trophy room|trophy case|trophy veep |trophy hunting|government
trophy|trophy husband}}
**** Descendants
- [ja]
- [ko]
- [ml]
**** Translations
[object rewarding success]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml] , [ml]
- Maori: [mi] [taken from an enemy] , [mi] [result of success in competition]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[object taken by a hunter or conqueror of their success]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Estonian: [et] , [et] , [et] , [et]
- Finnish: ( _hunting_ ) [fi] , ( _victory_ ) [fi] , ( _of spoils of war_ ) [fi] , [fi]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] [of a slain enemy to show victory] , [mi] [of a defeated enemy]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To adorn (someone) with trophies .
2. * [lines=29–32]
3. [en] To win a trophy in a competition .
4. * [en]
*** References
References:
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