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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -trophy n combining form - indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy
Etymology: from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment-trophic adj combining form tro•phy /ˈtroʊfi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -phies. - anything taken in war, hunting, etc., esp. when set up as a memento:a lion's head as a trophy.
- anything won or awarded as a sign of victory, etc.;
an award or prize:had numerous athletic and scholastic trophies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tro•phy (trō′fē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. - anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento;
spoil, prize, or award. - anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.
- a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with or symbolic of victory or achievement.
- any memento or memorial.
- Antiquitya memorial erected by certain ancient peoples, esp. the Greeks and Romans, in commemoration of a victory in war and consisting of arms or other spoils taken from the enemy and hung upon a tree, pillar, or the like.
- Greek trópaion, noun, nominal use of neuter of trópaios, Attic variant of tropaîos of turning or putting to flight, equivalent. to trop(é̄) a turning (akin to trépein to turn) + -aios adjective, adjectival suffix. See trope
- Latin trop(h)aeum
- French trophée
- earlier trophe 1505–15
- a combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general senses "nourishment, feeding'' (mycotrophy), "growth'' (hypertrophy);
also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic.
- Greek -trophia nutrition, equivalent. to troph(é̄) food + -ia -y3
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