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Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from English Victor.
Pronunciation
Noun
Victor
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter V.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter V.
- (time zone) UTC−09:00
Translations
the letter "V" in a national spelling alphabet
References
- ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
English
Etymology
From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.
Pronunciation
Noun
Victor
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
Proper noun
Victor
- A male given name from Latin.
1988, Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics, published 1999, →ISBN:'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
- A city in Colorado.
- A city in Idaho.
- A town in Iowa.
- A census-designated place in Montana.
- A town in New York.
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
- (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.
- Coordinate term: Peggy
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Proper noun
Victor
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Victor m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
German
Proper noun
Victor
- a male given name, variant of Viktor
Icelandic
Proper noun
Victor m
- a male given name
Declension
Norwegian
Proper noun
Victor
- a male given name, variant of Viktor
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Victor m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Coordinate terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Victor c (genitive Victors)
- a male given name, variant of Viktor
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Victor
- (Roman Catholicism) Victor