minotaur

See also: Minotaur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “Minos, king of Crete”) +‎ ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
• (US, Canada, also) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/

Proper noun

minotaur

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Minotaur

Translations

monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man

• Arabic: مَنْطُور (manṭūr)
• Belarusian: мінатаўр m (minataŭr)
• Bulgarian: минотавър m (minotavǎr)
• Catalan: minotaure m
• Czech: mínotaurus m, mínotaur m, minotaur m, minotaurus m
• Dutch: minotaurus (nl) m
• Finnish: minotauri (monster generally), Minotauros (proper noun: specific monster)
• French: minotaure (fr) m
• German: Minotaur (de) m, Minotaure m, Minotaurus (de) m, Minotauros (de) m
• Greek: Μινώταυρος (el) m (Minótavros)
• Hungarian: minotaur (monster generally), Minótaurosz (proper noun: specific monster)
• Ido: Minotauro (io)
• Italian: minotauro (it) m (both senses)
• Japanese: ミノタウロス (minotaurosu), 牛人 (gyūjin)
• Korean: 미노타우로스 (minotauroseu)
• Latin: minōtaurus m
• Macedonian: минотаур m (minotaur)
• Marathi: मिनोटॉर m (minoṭŏr)
• Polish: minotaur
• Portuguese: minotauro m
• Russian: минота́вр m (minotávr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: минотаур m

  Roman: minotaur m

• Spanish: minotauro m
• Turkish: minotauros, yarboğa (may mean centaur as well)
• Ukrainian: мінота́вр m (minotávr)

Noun

minotaur (plural minotaurs)

1. Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.

Related terms

• Minos

See also

• centaur
• faun
• satyr

 

Further reading

• minotaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maturino, notarium

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Minotaure or Italian Minotauro or German Minotaurus.

Noun

minotaur m (plural minotauri)

1. minotaur

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	minotaur	minotaurul		minotauri	minotaurii
genitive-dative	minotaur	minotaurului		minotauri	minotaurilor
vocative	minotaurule			minotaurilor