different between victory vs hooray

English

Etymology

From Middle English victory, victorie, borrowed from Old French victorie, from Latin vict?ria, from victor (“victor”).

Displaced native Middle English si?e, sye (“victory”) (from Old English si?e, sigor (“victory, triumph”).)

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?k?t(?)ri, IPA^(key): /?v?kt(?)?i/

Noun

victory (countable and uncountable, plural victories)

1. (countable) An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.
2. (uncountable) The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.
3. (countable) A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.

Synonyms

• triumph
• win
• to win

Antonyms

• defeat
• loss

Derived terms

• hollow victory
• Pyrrhic victory
• victory at sea

Descendants

• ? Maori: wikit?riatanga

Translations

Verb

victory (third-person singular simple present victories, present participle victorying, simple past and past participle victoried)

1. (rare) To achieve a victory

English

Alternative forms

• hurray, hurrah, huzzah, hoorah

Etymology

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:

• Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable.
• From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Interjection

hooray

1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

Synonyms

• (expression of approval): see Thesaurus:well done
• (expression of joy): see Thesaurus:yay

Derived terms

• hip hip hooray
• hip hip hurrah

Translations

Noun

hooray (plural hoorays)

1. A shout to signify victory.
2. An expression of excitement.

Translations

Verb

hooray (third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)

1. To shout an expression of excitement.

Synonyms

• hurrah

Translations

Anagrams

• yarooh