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
- (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)
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Noun
minotaur (plural minotaurs)
- Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.
See also
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French Minotaure or Italian Minotauro or German Minotaurus.
Noun
minotaur m (plural minotauri)
- minotaur
Declension
Declension of minotaur
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative-accusative
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minotaur
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minotaurul
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minotauri
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minotaurii
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| genitive-dative
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minotaur
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minotaurului
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minotauri
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minotaurilor
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| vocative
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minotaurule
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minotaurilor
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