English Explanatory Dictionary

matador

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
  2. 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.
  3. The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
  4. One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
name
  1. A town, the county seat of Motley County, Texas, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈma.tə.dɔː/ /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matador.wav

Word forms

matador matadors matadores matadore

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.

Related words

bullfighting bull ring picador tauromachy toreador

Derived words

matadoress matadorial

Translations

Bulgarian: матадор Catalan: matador Chinese Mandarin: 鬥牛士 /斗牛士 Czech: matador Dutch: stierenvechter Esperanto: matadoro Finnish: matadori French: matador German: Matador Greek: ταυρομάχος Irish: tarbhadóir Irish: tarbhchomhraiceoir Italian: matador Japanese: マタドール Japanese: 闘牛士 Korean: 부우사 Persian: ماتادور Polish: matador Portuguese: toureiro Portuguese: toureador Russian: матадо́р Russian: тореадо́р Spanish: matador Spanish: torero Swedish: matador
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary