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Webster 1913 Edition

Minotaur

Min′o-taur

(mĭn′ō̍-ta̤r)
,
Noun.
[L.
Minotaurus
, Gr.
Μινώταυρος
;
Μίνος
, the husband of
Pasiphae
+
ταῦροσ
a bull, the
Minotaur
being the offspring of
Pasiphae
and a bull: cf. F.
minotaure
.]
(Class. Myth.)
A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by
Daedalus
in Crete.

Webster 1828 Edition

Minotaur

MIN'OTAUR

,
Noun.
[L.. minotaurus; from man, which must have been in early ages a Latin word, and taurus, a bull.]
A fabled monster, half man and half bull.

Definition 2024

Minotaur

Minotaur

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English

Proper noun

Minotaur

  1. (Greek mythology, with "the") A monster, half man and half bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth in Crete and who was killed by Theseus.

See also

minotaur

minotaur

See also: Minotaur

English

Noun

minotaur ‎(plural minotaurs)

  1. (Greek mythology) A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
  2. Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength

Translations

monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
  • Arabic: مِينُوتَوْر ‎(mīnūtawr)
  • Belarusian: мінатаўр m ‎(minataŭr)
  • Bulgarian: минотавър m ‎(minotavǎr)
  • Catalan: minotaure m
  • Czech: mínotaurus m, mínotaur m, minotaur m, minotaurus m
  • Dutch: minotaurus
  • Finnish: minotauri (monster generally), Minotauros (proper noun: specific monster)
  • French: minotaure (fr)
  • German: Minotaur (de), Minotaure, Minotaurus (de), Minotauros (de)
  • Greek: Μινώταυρος m ‎(Minótavros)
  • Hungarian: minotaur (monster generally), Minótaurosz (proper noun: specific monster)
  • Ido: Minotauro (io)
  • Italian: minotauro m (both senses)
  • Japanese: ミノタウロス ‎(minotaurosu), 牛人 ‎(gyūjin)
  • Korean: 미노타우로스 ‎(minotauroseu)
  • Latin: minotaurus m
  • Marathi: मिनोटॉर m ‎(minoṭǒra)
  • 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)

See also

Etymology

See minotaur

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