Victor

See also: Víctor and victor

Translingual

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed 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
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

Translations

References

  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, 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.'
    • 2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN[1]:
      But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.
  2. A number of places in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in Freeman Township, Pope County, Arkansas.
    2. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
    3. A city in Teller County, Colorado.
    4. A city in Teton County, Idaho.
    5. An unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
    6. A town in Poweshiek County and Iowa County, Iowa.
    7. A ghost town in Blue Hills Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.
    8. A census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana.
    9. A town in Ontario County, New York.
      1. A village in Victor, New York.
    10. An unincorporated community in Victor Township, Roberts County, South Dakota.
    11. A ghost town in Emery County, Utah.
    12. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
    13. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
  3. (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 (proper noun, genitive singular Victors)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Victor (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular
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˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: vích to

Proper noun

Victor

  1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor