"matador" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈma.tə.dɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matador.wav Forms: matadors [plural], matadores [plural], matadora [feminine]
Rhymes: -ætədɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|matador||killer}} Spanish matador (“killer”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|matadors|or|matadores|feminine|matadora}} matador (plural matadors or matadores, feminine matadora)
  1. (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight. Categories (topical): Bullfighting
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  2. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-matador-en-noun-~CGNuA7a Disambiguation of People: 0 34 38 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 37 24 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 40 19 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 45 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 32 30 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 40 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 43 23 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 40 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 37 22 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 44 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 41 22 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 11 40 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 45 22 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 45 22 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 40 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 37 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 39 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 30 19 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 45 22 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 54 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 41 29 20
  3. (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat. Categories (topical): Card games, People
    Sense id: en-matador-en-noun-3bXniyV- Disambiguation of People: 0 34 38 27 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 32 30 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 37 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 30 19 14 Topics: card-games, games
  4. (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille. Categories (topical): Card games, People
    Sense id: en-matador-en-noun-H-nWGO2L Disambiguation of People: 0 34 38 27 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 32 30 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 37 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 30 19 14 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bullfighting, bull ring, picador, tauromachy, toreador Translations (bullfighter): матадор (matador) [masculine] (Bulgarian), matador [masculine] (Catalan), 鬥牛士 (Chinese Mandarin), 斗牛士 (dòuniúshì) (Chinese Mandarin), matador [masculine] (Czech), stierenvechter (Dutch), matadori (Finnish), matador [masculine] (French), Matador [masculine] (German), ταυρομάχος (tavromáchos) (Greek), tarbhadóir [masculine] (Irish), tarbhchomhraiceoir [masculine] (Irish), matador [masculine] (Italian), マタドール (matadōru) (Japanese), 闘牛士 (tōgyūshi) (alt: とうぎゅうし) (Japanese), 부우사 (buusa) (Korean), ماتادور (mâtâdor) (Persian), matador [masculine] (Polish), toureiro [masculine] (Portuguese), toureador [masculine] (Portuguese), матадо́р (matadór) [masculine] (Russian), тореадо́р (toreadór) [masculine] (Russian), matador [masculine] (Spanish), matador [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'bullfighter': 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "en:People",
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        "2": "es",
        "3": "matador",
        "4": "",
        "5": "killer"
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      "expansion": "Spanish matador (“killer”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.",
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      "form": "matadors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "matadores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun",
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        "8": "matadora"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    "mat‧a‧dor"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "bullfighting"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull ring"
    },
    {
      "word": "picador"
    },
    {
      "word": "tauromachy"
    },
    {
      "word": "toreador"
    }
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        "The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight."
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        [
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          "bullfight",
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        ]
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        "(bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight."
      ],
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        "bullfighting",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "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."
      ],
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        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat."
      ],
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        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
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          "jack of clubs",
          "jack of clubs"
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        ],
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          "sequence",
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          "skat"
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        "(card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille."
      ],
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        "(card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille."
      ],
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        "card-games",
        "games"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.tə.dɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ætədɔː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "matador",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матадор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "鬥牛士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dòuniúshì",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "斗牛士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "stierenvechter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "matadori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tavromáchos",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "ταυρομάχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tarbhadóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tarbhchomhraiceoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "matadōru",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "マタドール"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうぎゅうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōgyūshi",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "闘牛士"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "buusa",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "부우사"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâtâdor",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "word": "ماتادور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toureiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toureador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matadór",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матадо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "toreadór",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тореадо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bullfighter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matador"
}

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