The Minotaur was a monster shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for Minos, and given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until killed by Theseus.
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Minotaur
//ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)//
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40 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Μῑνώταυρος name (monster)
Arabic
1 entries- مَنْطُور noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Belarusian
1 entries- мінатаўр noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Bulgarian
1 entries- минотавър noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Catalan
1 entries- minotaure noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Czech
4 entries- minotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- minotaurus noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- mínotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- mínotaurus noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Dutch
1 entries- minotaurus noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Esperanto
1 entries- Minotaŭro name (monster)
Finnish
2 entries- Minotauros name (monster)
- minotauri noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
French
1 entries- minotaure noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
German
4 entries- Minotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- Minotaure noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- Minotauros noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- Minotaurus noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Greek
1 entries- Μινώταυρος name (monster)
Hungarian
2 entries- Minótaurosz name (monster)
- minotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Ido
1 entries- Minotauro name (monster)
Italian
1 entries- minotauro noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Japanese
2 entries- ミノタウロス noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- 牛人 noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Korean
1 entries- 미노타우로스 noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Latin
2 entries- Mīnōtaurus name (monster)
- minōtaurus noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Macedonian
1 entries- минотаур noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Marathi
1 entries- मिनोटॉर noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Polish
2 entries- Minotaur name (monster)
- minotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Portuguese
1 entries- minotauro noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Russian
1 entries- минота́вр noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- minotaur noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- минотаур noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Spanish
1 entries- minotauro noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Turkish
2 entries- minotauros noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
- yarboğa noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мінота́вр noun (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
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