trophy
Meaning of trophy
- a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.
- (in ancient Greece or Rome) the weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory.
late 15th century (in trophy (sense 2)): from French trophée, via Latin from Greek tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’, from trepein ‘to turn’.
combining form, suffix
in nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic (such as phototrophy corresponding to phototrophic ).
Information about trophy
- The plural form of trophy is: trophies.
- Languages in which trophy is used:
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Hyphenation of trophy
tro-phy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- trophy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
trophy synonyms
Meaning prize:
Meaning an ornamental trophy in the form of a cup, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest:
Meaning a metal disc typically of the size of a large coin and bearing an inscription or design, made to commemorate an event or awarded as a distinction to someone such as a soldier or athlete:
Meaning a prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement:
Meaning any of a number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves:
Meaning a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards:
Meaning a leaf of a palm tree awarded as a prize or viewed as a symbol of victory:
Translation of trophy
Words that rhyme with trophy
abiotrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, algodystrophy, alogotrophy, amyelotrophy, amyotrophy, anastrophy, angiostrophy, anomalotrophy, asyntrophy, atrophy, autotrophy, auxotrophy, cacotrophy, chemoautotrophy, chondrodystrophy, cyotrophy, cystatrophy, cytotrophy, dermatrophy, diastrophy, dystrophy, ecstrophy, embryotrophy, encephalatrophy, epistrophy, epitrophy, eutrophy, exstrophy, galactotrophy, hematodystrophy, hemiatrophy, hemidystrophy, hemihypertrophy, hemodystrophy, hepatatrophy, heterostrophy, heterotrophy, histotrophy, hypermyotrophy, hypertrophy, hypotrophy, leukodystrophy, lipoatrophy, lipochondrodystrophy, lipodystrophy, lipotrophy, lymphotrophy, mastatrophy, metatrophy