tirador

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tirador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/, [ti.ɾaˈd̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor

Noun

tiradór

1. slingshot
2. hitman, assassin

   Synonym: paragadan

Catalan

Etymology

From tirar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ti.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ti.ɾaˈðoɾ]

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradors, feminine tiradora)

1. shooter
2. (sports) fencer

   Synonym: esgrimidor

3. (sports) striker, shooter

   Synonym: xutador

4. slingshot (US), catapult (UK)
5. handle, knob (of a door, drawer, etc.)

Derived terms

• franctirador

Further reading

• “tirador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From tira +‎ -dor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/, [t̪ɪ.ɾ̪ʌˈd̪oɾ̪]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor

Noun

tiradór

1. slingshot
2. (biblical) sling
3. shooter (someone who shoots something, especially with a gun)
4. hitman; contract killer
5. gunman

Verb

tiradór

1. to shoot something or someone with a slingshot or sling

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tirador.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From tirar (“to shoot; to pull”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈðoɾ/

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores)

1. shooter
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 95:

     Sagitario que quer dizer tanto cõmo [aseetador] ou tirador de séétas

     Sagitario, which means "arrower" or arrow shooter

2. door handle
3. rafter

   Synonym: cango

4. (archaic, business) tenderer
5. slingshot

   Synonym: lanzapedras

Related terms

• tirar

References

• “tirador” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tirador” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tirador” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tirador” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/ [t̪i.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧ra‧dor

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores, feminine tiradora, feminine plural tiradoras)

1. shooter, rifleman

Derived terms

• francotirador
• tirador en primera persona

 

Related terms

• tirar

 

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores)

1. door handle

   Synonyms: manilla, manija, pomo, perilla

Further reading

• “tirador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tirador, or analytically tira +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/, [tɪ.ɾɐˈdoɾ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor

Noun

tiradór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. slingshot

   Synonyms: saltik, (Batangas, Marinduque) paltik, (western Marinduque) palapatik

2. hitman; contract killer
3. gunman; shooter

Derived terms

• manirador
• tiradurin
• tumirador