Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

Translingual
Victor [1]
Victor [2]
Victor [3]

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Victor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪkta][1]

Noun

Victor

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter V.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter V.
  3. (time zone) UTC−09:00
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
code AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJuliettKiloLimaMike
NovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu
zeroonetwothree (tree)four (fower)five (fife)sixseveneightnine (niner)hundredthousanddecimal

Translations

References
  1. DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: victor

Noun

Victor

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.

Proper noun

Victor

  1. 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.'
  2. A city in Colorado.
  3. A city in Idaho.
  4. A town in Iowa.
  5. A census-designated place in Montana.
  6. A town in New York.
  7. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
  8. (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.
    Coordinate term: Peggy

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Victor

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vik.tɔʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Victor m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

German

Proper noun

Victor

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Icelandic

Proper noun

Victor m

  1. a male given name

Declension
declension of Victor
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Victor
accusative Victor
dative Victori
genitive Victors

Norwegian

Proper noun

Victor

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/ [ˈvik.toh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈvik.toɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈvik.toʁ/ [ˈvik.toχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvik.toɻ/

Proper noun

Victor m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

Coordinate terms

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Victor c (genitive Victors)

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vïk̟̚˧˦ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˧˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • Phonetic: vích to

Proper noun

Victor

  1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor
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