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

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

Further reading

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

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

Noun

tirador m (plural tiradores)

  1. door handle
    Synonyms: manilla, manija, pomo, perilla

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/ [tɪ.ɾɐˈdoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: 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
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