matador
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmætədɔɹ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Noun
matador (plural matadors or matadores, feminine matadora)
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
Translations
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See also
- bullfighting
- bull ring
- picador
- tauromachy
- toreador
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmatador]
- Hyphenation: me‧ta‧dor
Noun
matador m anim (feminine matadorka)
- (bullfighting) matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
- 1930, Karel Čapek, Výlet do Španěl:
- Bledý matador jde znovu s mečem a muletou zabíjet podle pravidel hry; avšak býk se zaberanil a stojí se vztyčenou hlavou, se šíjí zježenou banderillami a jakoby přehozenou pláštěm krve.
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Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | matador | matadoři |
genitive | matadora | matadorů |
dative | matadorovi, matadoru | matadorům |
accusative | matadora | matadory |
vocative | matadore | matadoři |
locative | matadorovi, matadoru | matadorech |
instrumental | matadorem | matadory |
Further reading
- matador in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- matador in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish matador.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Noun
matador c (singular definite matadoren, plural indefinite matadorer)
- matador (bullfighting)
- tycoon
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | matador | matadoren | matadorer | matadorerne |
genitive | matadors | matadorens | matadorers | matadorernes |
Proper noun
matador
- Monopoly (board game)
References
- “matador” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ta.dɔʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
matador m (plural matadors)
- (bullfighting) matador
Further reading
- “matador”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈta.dɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -adɔr
- Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor
Noun
matador m pers
- matador (the person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | matador | matadorzy |
genitive | matadora | matadorów |
dative | matadorowi | matadorom |
accusative | matadora | matadorów |
instrumental | matadorem | matadorami |
locative | matadorze | matadorach |
vocative | matadorze | matadorzy |
Further reading
- matador in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- matador in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From matar + -dor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.taˈdoʁ/ [ma.taˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.taˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.taˈdoʁ/ [ma.taˈdoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.taˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.tɐˈdoɾ/ [mɐ.tɐˈðoɾ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧dor
Noun
matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)
- killer (someone who kills)
Adjective
matador (feminine matadora, masculine plural matadores, feminine plural matadoras)
- which often kills
Further reading
- “matador” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French matador.
Noun
matador m (plural matadori)
- (bullfighting) matador
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) matador | matadorul | (niște) matadori | matadorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) matador | matadorului | (unor) matadori | matadorilor |
vocative | matadorule | matadorilor |
Spanish
Etymology
matar (“kill”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mataˈdoɾ/ [ma.t̪aˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧ta‧dor
Noun
matador m (plural matadores, feminine matadora, feminine plural matadoras)
- a slaughterer, a killer
- Synonym: asesino
- (bullfighting) matador, a featured bullfighter at a bullfight event
- Synonym: diestro
Descendants
- → Danish: matador
- → English: matador
- → French: matador
- → Tagalog: matador
- → Turkish: matador
See also
- picador
- toreador
Further reading
- “matador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
matador c
- (bullfighting) a matador
Declension
Declension of matador | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | matador | matadoren | matadorer | matadorerna |
Genitive | matadors | matadorens | matadorers | matadorernas |
References
- matador in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- matador in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- matador in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish matador.
Noun
matador
- a butcher
- (bullfighting) matador, a bullfighter