trofeum

Learned borrowing from Latin trophaeum (“sign of victory, monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “rout, turning of an enemy”).

• IPA^(key): /trɔˈfɛ.um/

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• Rhymes: -ɛum
• Syllabification: tro‧fe‧um

trofeum n

1. trophy (object rewarding success)

• trofeum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trofeum in Polish dictionaries at PWN