TRIUMPHANT


Meaning of TRIUMPHANT in English

/ traɪˈʌmfənt; NAmE / adjective

1.

very successful in a way that causes great satisfaction :

They emerged triumphant in the September election.

2.

showing great satisfaction or joy about a victory or success :

a triumphant smile

►  tri·umph·ant·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense victorious ): from Old French , or from Latin triumphant- celebrating a triumph, from the verb triumphare , probably from Greek thriambos hymn to Bacchus (the Greek god).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.