name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
/ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
Canada, US, also:/ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/
Canada, US, also:/ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/
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name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Minotaur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre; see Minotaur.
From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre, from Old English Minotaurus, from Latin Mīnōtaurus, from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
Minotaŭro
— monster
Finnish:
Minotauros
— monster
Greek:
Μινώταυρος
(Minótavros)
— monster
Ancient Greek:
Μῑνώταυρος
(Mīnṓtauros)
— monster
Hungarian:
Minótaurosz
— monster
Ido:
Minotauro
— monster
Latin:
Mīnōtaurus
— monster
Polish:
Minotaur
— monster
Arabic:
مَنْطُور
(manṭūr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Belarusian:
мінатаўр
(minatawr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Bulgarian:
минотавър
(minotavǎr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Catalan:
minotaure
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Czech:
mínotaurus
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Czech:
mínotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Czech:
minotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Czech:
minotaurus
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Dutch:
minotaurus
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Finnish:
minotauri
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
French:
minotaure
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
German:
Minotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
German:
Minotaure
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
German:
Minotaurus
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
German:
Minotauros
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Hungarian:
minotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Italian:
minotauro
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Japanese:
ミノタウロス
(minotaurosu)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Japanese:
牛人
(gyūjin)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Korean:
미노타우로스
(minotauroseu)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Latin:
minōtaurus
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Macedonian:
минотаур
(minotaur)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Marathi:
मिनोटॉर
(minoṭŏr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Polish:
minotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Portuguese:
minotauro
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Russian:
минота́вр
(minotávr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Serbo-Croatian:
минотаур
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Serbo-Croatian:
minotaur
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Spanish:
minotauro
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Turkish:
minotauros
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Turkish:
yarboğa
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Ukrainian:
мінота́вр
(minotávr)
— monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
