different between victory vs victors

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

Noun

victors

1. plural of victor