triumph

triomphe, victoire

Grande réussite ou victoire obtenue par des efforts ou après des difficultés.

En anglais simple : A great success or victory achieved after effort or difficulty.

• Winning was a great triumph.
• Their election triumph surprised everyone.
• Finishing the race was a personal triumph for her.

Comment l'utiliser : a triumph over someone/something (The result was a triumph over their rivals.)

Synonymes : victory, success

Contraires : defeat, failure

Expressions courantes : a great triumph, triumph over something, personal triumph

chef-d’œuvre, réussite

Travail, plat ou œuvre d’art d’une qualité exceptionnelle.

En anglais simple : A piece of work, food, or art that is exceptionally good.

• The meal was a triumph.
• Her new novel is an artistic triumph.
• This tiny kitchen is a triumph of clever design.

Synonymes : masterpiece, success

Contraires : failure

Expressions courantes : a culinary triumph, artistic triumph, triumph of design

triomphe, défilé triomphal

Grande cérémonie publique célébrant une victoire, notamment le retour d’un général romain après une guerre gagnée.

En anglais simple : A grand public ceremony celebrating a victory, especially a Roman general’s return after winning a war.

• The general received a triumph.
• Crowds watched the triumph pass through Rome.
• The senate granted him a triumph after the war.

Synonymes : victory procession

Expressions courantes : roman triumph, celebrate a triumph, grant a triumph

triompher

Gagner ou réussir après une lutte ou malgré des difficultés.

En anglais simple : To win or succeed after a struggle or despite difficulties.

• Our team triumphed.
• She triumphed over her strongest rival.
• Justice finally triumphed after years of legal battles.

Comment l'utiliser : triumph over someone/something (They triumphed over every obstacle.); triumph in something (She triumphed in the final race.)

Synonymes : win, succeed, prevail

Contraires : lose, fail

Expressions courantes : triumph over something, triumph in something, finally triumph