Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/tɾoˈfeo/

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Translation

trophy

Word origin

From Latin trophaeum, from Greek tropaion ('monument to an enemy's defeat'), from trope ('a turning, a rout'). The same Greek root gives English 'trophy'.

Origin
Greek
Root
tropaion
English cognates
trophy

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltrofeos

Examples

.

The team lifted the trophy in front of their fans.

vitrina.

He keeps all his trophies in a display cabinet.

¿ ?

Who won the trophy this year?

.

The trophy is made of silver and weighs a lot.

¡ !

We finally got the trophy we wanted so much!

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This word is part of lesson 74.