Trojan

See also: trojan, Trójan, and tröjan

English

Alternative forms

• Troyan, Troian (dated)

Etymology

From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) +‎ -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/

Noun

Trojan (plural Trojans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
3. (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
4. (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
5. (computing) Short for Trojan horse.
6. (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.

   to study like a Trojan

   • 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder:

     Farewell he, he was a kinde good fellow, a true Troyan: and it euer be my lucks to meete him at more leaſure, Ile make him full amendes with a Cup full of Canarie.

   • 1837, William Johnson Neale, Gentleman Jack: a naval story, page 193:

     Mortified as he was at this suspension of his plan, he had, at any rate, the full satisfaction of knowing not only that he himself had discharged his duty, but that every one under him had done the same, from Jim Bell, who fought like a Trojan, to little Dewhurst, his aide-de-camp, whose first smell of powder this was.

   • 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Tales of the South Seas:

     We have twice had all we wanted in the way of squalls: once, as I came on deck, I found the green sea over the cockpit coamings and running down the companion like a brook to meet me; at that same moment the foresail sheet jammed and the captain had no knife; this was the only occasion on the cruise that ever I set hand to a rope, but I worked like a Trojan, judging the possibility of haemorrhage better than the certainty of drowning.

   • 2014, R. Shelton Mackenzie, Bits of Blarney, →ISBN, page 49:

     Leave all to me, and I'll bring you through it like a Trojan.

Hypernyms

• (astrophysics): Lagrangian (object)

Translations

person from Troy

• Catalan: troià (ca) m, troiana (ca) f
• Czech: Trójan (cs) m, Trójanka f
• Danish: trojaner c
• Dutch: Trojaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: trojano (man or woman), trojanino (woman)
• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: Troyen (fr) m, Troyenne (fr) f
• Galician: troiano (gl) m, troiana f
• German: Trojaner (de) m, Trojanerin (de) f, Troer m, Troerin f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Τρῶες m pl (Trôes), Τρώϊος m (Trṓïos), Τρωϊάδες f pl (Trōïádes)

• Hungarian: trójai (hu)
• Icelandic: Tróverji m, Trójumaður m
• Macedonian: Тројанец m (Trojanec), Тројанка f (Trojanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trojaner m

  Nynorsk: trojanar m

• Portuguese: troiano (pt) m, troiana f
• Russian: троя́нец (ru) m (trojánec), троя́нка f (trojánka)
• Sicilian: trujanu m
• Spanish: troyano (es) m
• Swedish: trojan (sv) m, trojanska (sv) f
• Ukrainian: троя́нець m (trojánecʹ), троя́нка f (trojánka)

student

Trojan asteroid — see Trojan asteroid

astronomical object residing at a Trojan point

• Czech: Trójan (cs) m
• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: troyen (fr) m

computer malware — see Trojan horse

Adjective

Trojan (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
2. Involving great strength or endurance.
   • 2009, D. P. Greene, Couples, page 104:

     You know you should get up but the thought of making your way to the bathroom to wash is like a trojan task. Why bother?

3. (astrophysics) Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
4. (programming) Of, or relating to, a certain type of malware.

Hypernyms

• (astrophysics): Lagrangian

Derived terms

• Trojan War
• Trojan horse
• Trojan Wicca
• (astrophysics): Trojan moon, Trojan planet

Related terms

• (astrophysics): Trojan point, Trojan asteroid

Translations

relating to the city Troy

• Catalan: troià (ca)
• Czech: trojský (cs)
• Danish: trojansk
• Dutch: Trojaans (nl)
• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: troyen (fr)
• Galician: troiano (gl)
• German: trojanisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Τρωϊκός (Trōïkós), Τρώϊος (Trṓïos)

• Hungarian: trójai (hu)
• Icelandic: tróverskur, trójanskur (rare)
• Norwegian Bokmål: trojansk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trojansk
• Old English: Trōiesċ, Trōisċ, Trōiānisċ
• Polish: trojański (pl)
• Portuguese: troiano (pt)
• Russian: троя́нский (ru) (trojánskij)
• Spanish: troyano (es)
• Swedish: trojansk (sv)

relating to a Trojan point

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• French: troyen (fr)

relating to a malware

• Finnish: troijalainen (fi)
• Spanish: troyano (es)
• Swedish: trojansk (sv)

Anagrams

• jötnar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrojan]

Proper noun

Trojan m anim (female equivalent Trojanová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Trojan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Trojan	Trojané, Trojani
genitive	Trojana	Trojanů
dative	Trojanovi	Trojanům
accusative	Trojana	Trojany
vocative	Trojane	Trojané, Trojani
locative	Trojanovi	Trojanech
instrumental	Trojanem	Trojany

Further reading

• “Trojan”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Trōiānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔ.jan/
• Rhymes: -ɔjan
• Syllabification: Tro‧jan
• Homophone: trojan

Proper noun

Trojan m pers

1. a male given name from Latin
2. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Trojan

	singular	plural
nominative	Trojan	Trojanowie
genitive	Trojana	Trojanów
dative	Trojanowi	Trojanom
accusative	Trojana	Trojanów
instrumental	Trojanem	Trojanami
locative	Trojanie	Trojanach
vocative	Trojanie	Trojanowie

Proper noun

Trojan f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Trojan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022