minotaur

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See also Minotaur

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (minótavros), from Μίνως (Minos, “king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).

Noun

minotaur (plural minotaurs)

1. A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.

Translations

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

Dutch: minotaurus (nl) Finnish: minotauri (fi) (monster generally), Minotauros (fi) (proper noun: specific monster) French: minotaure (fr) German: Minotauros (de) Greek: Μινώταυρος (el) (Minótavros) m.

Hungarian: minotaur (hu) (monster generally), Minótaurosz (hu) (proper noun: specific monster) Italian: minotauro (it) m. (both senses) Japanese: ミノタウロス (ja) (minotaurosu) Polish: minotaur (pl)

See also

• centaur
• faun
• satyr
• Wikipedia article on the Minotaur