noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈtɹəʊfi/
UK, obsolete:/ˈtɹɒfi/
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US:/ˈtɹoʊfi/
rhymes with -əʊfi
CMU ARPABET:T R OW1 F IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He won the trophy in a running competition.
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noun
Meaning 2
An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A tropæum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome, historical
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noun
Meaning 6
A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, art, arts
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noun
Meaning 7
An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
noun
Meaning 8
An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
verb
Meaning 9
To adorn (someone) with trophies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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10
verb
Meaning 10
To win a trophy in a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 11
something given as a token of victory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).
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