minotaur

See also: Minotaur

English

Etymology

From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre; see Minotaur.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

the minotaur

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

Noun

minotaur (plural minotaurs)

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

Related terms

Translations

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

Arabic: مَنْطُور (manṭūr)
Belarusian: мінатаўр m (minatawr)
Bulgarian: минотавър m (minotavǎr)
Catalan: minotaure m
Czech: mínotaurus m, mínotaur m, minotaur m, minotaurus m
Dutch: minotaurus (nl) m
Finnish: minotauri (monster generally)
French: minotaure (fr) m
German: Minotaur (de) m, Minotaure m, Minotaurus (de) m, Minotauros (de) m
Hungarian: minotaur
Italian: minotauro (it) m
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

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

See also

Further reading

Minotaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Minotaur (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Maturino, notarium

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French minotaure or Italian minotauro or German Minotaurus.

Noun

minotaur m (plural minotauri)

minotaur

Declension

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