triumphal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/

Adjective

triumphal (comparative more triumphal, superlative most triumphal)

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

Synonyms

(celebrating triumph, victory): triumphant

Derived terms

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)

(obsolete) A token of victory.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →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)

triumphal (of or relating to a triumph)

Descendants

French: triomphal

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