toreador
English
noun
Definitions
- (bullfighting) A bullfighter, especially one on horseback.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian toreador derived from Latin taurus (bull).
Origin
Latin
taurus
Gloss
bull
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- taurolatry English
- taurylic acid English
- toreadori Finnish
- taureus Latin
- taurifer Latin
- tauriformis Latin
- taurigenus Latin
- taurinus Latin
- taurulus Latin
- taurus Latin
- tauro Italian
- toro Italian
- toreador Dutch, Flemish
- taureau French
- toréador French
- toreador Spanish, Castilian
- torear Spanish, Castilian
- toro Spanish, Castilian
- *táwros Proto-Indo-European
- tor Old French
- torel Old French
- toreador Serbo-Croatian
- тореадор Serbo-Croatian
- toro Catalan, Valencian
- taur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- touoré Norman
- touothé Norman
- tuore Norman
- touro Old Portuguese
- tavru Aromanian
- taur Occitan
- *tauros Proto-Italic
- taur Romansh
- toru Asturian
- taur Friulian