"matchmaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matchmaker.wav Forms: matchmakers [plural]
Etymology: From match + maker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|match|maker}} match + maker Head templates: {{en-noun}} matchmaker (plural matchmakers)
  1. Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people. Categories (topical): Marriage, Occupations, People Synonyms: marriage broker, shadchen [Judaism] Translations (someone who finds suitable marriage partners): خَاطِب (ḵāṭib) [masculine] (Arabic), خَاطِبَة (ḵāṭiba) [feminine] (Arabic), сват (svat) [masculine] (Belarusian), сва́цця (sváccja) [feminine] (Belarusian), свато́вник (svatóvnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), свато́вница (svatóvnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 媒人 (méirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 媒妁 (méishuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 媒婆 (méipó) (Chinese Mandarin), 伐柯人 (:fákērén) (Chinese Mandarin), dohazovač [masculine] (Czech), dohazovačka [feminine] (Czech), ægteskabsformidler [common-gender] (Danish), giftekniv [common-gender, informal] (Danish), Kirsten Giftekniv (note: used as a name. Lit: Kirsten Marriage-knife) [common-gender, humorous] (Danish), koppelaar [masculine] (Dutch), koppelaarster [feminine] (Dutch), kosjasobitaja (Estonian), hjúnabandsmeklari [masculine] (Faroese), puhemies (Finnish), avioliittovälittäjä (Finnish), entremetteur [masculine] (French), entremetteuse [feminine] (French), marieur [masculine] (French), marieuse [feminine] (French), apparieur [masculine] (French), apparieuse [feminine] (French), bassadou [masculine] (Gallo), მაჭანკალი (mač̣anḳali) (Georgian), Kuppler [masculine] (German), Kupplerin [feminine] (German), Ehestifter [masculine] (German), Ehestifterin [feminine] (German), Heiratsvermittler [masculine] (German), Heiratsvermittlerin [feminine] (German), Schadchen [Jewish, masculine, neuter] (German), προξενητής (proxenitís) [masculine] (Greek), προξενήτρα (proxenítra) [feminine] (Greek), שַׁדְכָן (shadchán) [masculine] (Hebrew), hjónabandsmiðlari [masculine] (Icelandic), 仲人 (nakōdo) (alt: なこうど) (Japanese), 媒酌人 (baishakunin) (alt: ばいしゃくにん) (Japanese), 月下氷人 (gekkahyōjin) (alt: げっかひょうじん) (Japanese), айттырушы (aittyruşy) (Kazakh), មេអណ្ដើក (mei ʼɑɑʼɑndaək) (Khmer), 중매인 (jungmaein) (Korean), 뚜쟁이 (ttujaeng'i) (Korean), жуучу (juucu) (Kyrgyz), kazamentera (Ladino), conciliātrix [feminine] (Latin), piršlys [masculine] (Lithuanian), piršlė [feminine] (Lithuanian), стројник (strojnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ekteskapsformidler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), giftekniv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ekteskapsformidlar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), giftekniv [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), swat [masculine] (Polish), swatka [feminine] (Polish), casamenteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), сват (svat) [masculine] (Russian), сва́ха (sváxa) [feminine] (Russian), сва́тья (svátʹja) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), сну̀бок [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), snùbok [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dohadzovač [masculine] (Slovak), dohadzovačka [feminine] (Slovak), casamentero [masculine] (Spanish), casamentera [feminine] (Spanish), alcahuete [masculine] (Spanish), alcahueta [feminine] (Spanish), celestina [feminine] (Spanish), äktenskapsmäklare [common-gender] (Swedish), แม่สื่อ (mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ̀ʉ) (Thai), çöpçatan (Turkish), сват (svat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сва́ха (sváxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), сва́шка (sváška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), người làm mối (Vietnamese), bà mối [feminine] (Vietnamese), שדכן (shadkhn) [masculine] (Yiddish), יענטע (yente) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-matchmaker-en-noun-~BhbbK74 Disambiguation of Marriage: 38 23 39 Disambiguation of Occupations: 27 34 39 Disambiguation of People: 43 38 19 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 23 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of 'someone who finds suitable marriage partners': 57 21 22
  2. (by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Marriage, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-matchmaker-en-noun-4tsj8zqw Disambiguation of Marriage: 38 23 39 Disambiguation of Occupations: 27 34 39 Disambiguation of People: 43 38 19 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 23 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 27 40
  3. Someone who makes matchsticks. Categories (topical): Marriage, Occupations, People Translations (someone who makes matchsticks): производител на кибрит (proizvoditel na kibrit) (Bulgarian), allumettier [masculine] (French), allumettière [feminine] (French), Streichholzmacher [masculine] (German), Streichholzmacherin [feminine] (German), Zündholzmacher [masculine] (German), Zündholzmacherin [feminine] (German), fiammiferaio [masculine] (Italian), fiammiferaia [feminine] (Italian), كبریتجی (kibritci) (Ottoman Turkish), kibritçi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-matchmaker-en-noun-MThbjgp4 Disambiguation of Marriage: 38 23 39 Disambiguation of Occupations: 27 34 39 Disambiguation of People: 43 38 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gallo translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 23 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 19 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 29 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 31 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 31 23 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Gallo translations: 28 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 23 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 26 29 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 28 25 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 22 19 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 27 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 27 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 30 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 30 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 31 23 46 Disambiguation of 'someone who makes matchsticks': 10 10 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: match-maker Related terms: matchmaking, matchmake

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Alternative forms

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          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
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          "word": "Kuppler"
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          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
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          "word": "Ehestifter"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Heiratsvermittler"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Heiratsvermittlerin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
            "Jewish",
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          ],
          "word": "Schadchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "proxenitís",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "προξενητής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "proxenítra",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "προξενήτρα"
        },
        {
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shadchán",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "שַׁדְכָן"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hjónabandsmiðlari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "alt": "なこうど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nakōdo",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "word": "仲人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "alt": "ばいしゃくにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "baishakunin",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "word": "媒酌人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "alt": "げっかひょうじん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gekkahyōjin",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "word": "月下氷人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aittyruşy",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "word": "айттырушы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 21 22",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mei ʼɑɑʼɑndaək",
          "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
          "word": "មេអណ្ដើក"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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      "word": "月下氷人"
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      "word": "មេអណ្ដើក"
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      "word": "kazamentera"
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "แม่สื่อ"
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      "word": "çöpçatan"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "người làm mối"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
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      "word": "bà mối"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "proizvoditel na kibrit",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "word": "производител на кибрит"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "allumettier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allumettière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streichholzmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Streichholzmacherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zündholzmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zündholzmacherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiammiferaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiammiferaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kibritci",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "word": "كبریتجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
      "word": "kibritçi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matchmaker"
}

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