Meaning

8 senses
  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.

    He won the trophy in a running competition.

  2. An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.

    The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.

    трофе́йtroféj

    трофейtrofej

  3. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.

    His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.

    Trophäe

    трофе́йtroféj

    трофе́йtroféj

  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.

More definitions
  • something given as a token of victory
  • an award for success in war or hunting

Examples

72 sentences
  1. She presented him with the trophy.

    deSie überreichte ihm die Trophäe.

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  2. Winning the trophy made me happy.

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  3. Tom was standing near the trophy case.

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  4. Tom has won the trophy three times.

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  5. Tom is standing near the trophy case.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
object taken by a hunter or conqueror of their success:
object rewarding success:
Русский
By meaning 1
object taken by a hunter or conqueror of their success:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
object rewarding success:

Origin

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropae

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”). Doublet of tropæum.

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