vainqueur
French
editEtymology
editFrom vaincre + -eur. Compare Italian vincitore, Spanish and Portuguese vencedor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvainqueur m (plural vainqueurs, feminine vainqueuse or vainqueure or vainqueresse)
- conqueror
- Synonym: conquérant
- victor, winner
- Synonyms: gagnant, triomphateur
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vainqueur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editNoun
editvainqueur m (plural vainqueurs)
Descendants
edit- French: vainqueur
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (venqueor, supplement)
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