n.
- a great victory or achievement.
▸the state of being victorious or successful.
▸joy or satisfaction resulting from a success or victory.
▸a highly successful example:
the arrest was a triumph of international cooperation.
- the processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome.
v.
- achieve a triumph.
▸rejoice or exult at a triumph.
- (of a Roman general) ride into ancient Rome after a victory.
Derivative
- triumphal adj.
- triumphally adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. triumphe (n.), from L. triump(h)us, prob. from Gk thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’.