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Definition: Triumphant |
TriumphantAdjective1. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout". 2. Experiencing triumph. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "triumphant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: TriumphantSynonyms: exultant (adj), exulting (adj), jubilant (adj), prideful (adj), rejoicing (adj), triumphal (adj), victorious (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory;elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory; cock-a-hoop; on stilts. |
Rejoicing | Adjective: rejoicing; Verb: jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. |
Success | Triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain victory to one's car; nail a coonskin to the wall. |
Adjective: succeeding; Verb: successful; prosperous; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten; (see beat; Verb:); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Triumphant |
| English words defined with "triumphant": exultant, exulting ♦ Hoo ♦ jubilant ♦ prideful ♦ rejoicing ♦ sensationally ♦ triumphal, triumphantly, Triumphing, Triumplant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "triumphant": Aulay, AURELIUS ♦ CAESAR, Church Militant, Church Triumphant ♦ Helen Keller mode. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "triumphant": Ovant. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's joyful and triumphant. (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price) Ted, it's pointless to have a triumphant video before we even have decent instruments (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) Ted. While I agree that, in time, our band will be most triumphant, the truth is Wyld Stallyns will never be a super band until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) ButI do not believe we will get Eddie Van Halen until we have a triumphant video (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Triumphant Union and the Canadian Confederation: 1863-1867 (1969) Souls Triumphant (1917) Love Triumphant (1916) Pavarotti's Triumphant Return to Wales (1997) Naseby: Fairfax Triumphant (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tyrants prostrate liberty triumphant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | America triumphant and Britannia in distress. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | 'Tis the season to be jolly, my good man! We won - did you know that? Capitalism is triumphant. Communism lies in ruins. Our system prevails! We won! Smile!' / / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Home again in the big tent theatre the triumphant American tour of the supreme master of magic - George .... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
George Eliot | In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. |
Virgil | I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Mr. Knightley, however, shewed no triumphant happiness |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the moment she raised her eyes from the last line of the last page, the handsome officer, it was his hour, passed triumphant before the grating |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Think you, but that I know our state secure, I would be so triumphant as I am |
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Civil Liberties | France | The Association of the Triumphant Vajra was involved in a dispute with local officials over a statue of the Association's guru that allegedly was erected without a permit. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Parchment will fail, the sword will fail, it is only the spiritual nature of man that can be triumphant. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies--hunger, misery, and despair. |
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| "Triumphant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Triumphant" is used about 523 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 523 | 11,665 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "triumphant": Church triumphant ♦ with a triumphant air. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "triumphant": all-triumphant, glass-triumphant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
angel calla denise triumphant | 20 |
church triumphant universal | 14 |
triumphant | 8 |
the church triumphant | 5 |
lady triumphant | 5 |
church final heaven in judgement triumphant | 4 |
church life triumphant | 4 |
batman triumphant | 4 |
lady triumphant yacht | 3 |
triumphant truth | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "triumphant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngadhënjimtar (vanquisher), fitimtar (bandwagon, Victor, victorious, winner). (various references) | |
Arabic | منتصر (conqueror, victor, won), مبتهج بالنصر, غالب (dominant, predominant, predominating, preponderant, victorious). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тържествуващ (cock-a-hoop, exultant, jubilant), триумфиращ, победоносен (triumphal, victorious), победен (beaten, defeated, prostrate, victorious, victory). (various references) | |
Chinese | 胜利 (triumph, Triumphed, Triumphing, Victories, Victory, WIN, WINS), 凱 (victorious). (various references) | |
Czech | triumfální (exultant, triumphal), vítìzoslavný, jásavý (jubilant, uproarious). (various references) | |
Farsi | فاتحانه , فریادپیروزی , پیروز (Conqueror, Palmary, Victor, Victorious, Winsome), منصور. (various references) | |
Finnish | voitonriemuinen. (various references) | |
French | triomphateur, triomphant, triomphal (triumph, triumphal), victorieux. (various references) | |
German | triumphierend (glorying, triumphantly, triumphing, victorious), siegestrunken, erfolgreich (fruitful, fruitfully, prosperous, prosperously, successful, successfully). (various references) | |
Greek | νικηφόρος (viictorious), θριαμβευτικόσ (exultant, jubilant, triumphal), θριαμβευτικός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ צח (conqueror, victorious, winner), חו'' צחון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | diadalmas (all-triumphant, triumphal, victorious). (various references) | |
Italian | trionfante (victorious). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 高然たる (elated, proud), 意気揚揚 (exultant, in high spirits), 意気揚々 (exultant, in high spirits), 昂然たる (elated, proud), 昂然 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いきようよう (exultant, in high spirits), "うぜ"たる (elated, magnanimous, official, open, overt, proud, public, vast), "うぜ" (audacity, broadminded, great and prosperous, impudence, official, open, public, rosy cheeks, testicles). (various references) | |
Korean | 승리 (Victories, Victorious, Victory, WIN, WINS). (various references) | |
Manx | barrialtagh (victor, victorious), barriaghtagh (conquering, victor, victorious), ard-varriaghtagh (triumphal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iumphanttray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | triunfante (successful), vitorioso (victorious, winning), jubiloso (joyous, jubilant, mirthful), exultante (elate, exultant, high-minded), contente (canty, content, contented, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, jolly, joyful, mirthful, pleased, satisfied), bem sucedido (lucky, successful). (various references) | |
Romanian | triumfãtor (cock-a-hoop, invincibly, jubilant, palmy, triumphantly, victoriously), biruitor (conqueror, triumphantly, vanquisher, Victor, victorious, victoriously), învingãtor (champion, conqueror, vanquisher, victorious, winner). (various references) | |
Russian | победоносный (victorious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pobedonosan (victor, victorious, winning), pobednički (triumphantly, victor). (various references) | |
Spanish | triunfante (glorying), triunfador (winner, winning), victorioso (victorious, winning). (various references) | |
Swedish | triumferande (cock-a-hoop, exultant), segerrik (victorious). (various references) | |
Turkish | zafer kazanmış (victorious), muzaffer (victorious), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, unique), galip (champion, conquering, prevailing, top dog, vanquisher, Victor, victorious, winner), büyük başarı kazanmış. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тріумфуючий (exultant), переможний (victorious). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thắng lợi vui mừng, hân hoan (cheery, elate, elated, exultant, gleeful, gleesome, joyful), chiến thắng (triumphal, victorious). (various references) | |
Welsh | gorfoleddus (jubilant), buddugoliaethus (victorious). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | laurifer, triumphalem, victor, victores, victori, victoria, victorum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | aiwithûranãm. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "triumphant": triumphantly. (additional references) | |
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"Triumphant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tiumpan, tiumphant, trimphant, triumpantus, triumphants, triumphator, Triumphatus, triumphont, triunphant, truimphant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "triumphant" (pronounced trīu"mfunt) |
| 4 | -f u n t | elephant, infant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-n-p-r-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: natrium, puritan, tantrum, triumph. | |
-4 letters: antrum, armpit, atrium, harmin, harpin, hatpin, impart, manitu, martin, mattin, mutant, nutria, pitman, prutah, rumina, rupiah, thairm, thiram, titman, truant, turnip, unhair, untrim. | |
-5 letters: airth, atrip, haunt, human, ihram, inapt, inarm, input, matin, mirth, paint, patin, pinta, prahu, prima, print, pruta, purin, putti, riant, rutin, taint, tapir, taunt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-n-p-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: triumphantly. | |
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