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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tirador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/,
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor
Noun
tiradór
- slingshot
- hitman, assassin
- Synonym: paragadan
Catalan
Etymology
From tirar + -dor.
Pronunciation
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradors, feminine tiradora)
- shooter
- (sports) fencer
- Synonym: esgrimidor
- (sports) striker, shooter
- Synonym: xutador
- slingshot (US), catapult (UK)
- handle, knob (of a door, drawer, etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
Cebuano
Etymology
From tira + -dor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/,
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor
Noun
tiradór
- slingshot
- (biblical) sling
- shooter (someone who shoots something, especially with a gun)
- hitman; contract killer
- gunman
Verb
tiradór
- 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
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores)
- 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
- door handle
- rafter
- Synonym: cango
- (archaic, business) tenderer
- slingshot
- Synonym: lanzapedras
Related terms
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/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ti‧ra‧dor
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores, feminine tiradora, feminine plural tiradoras)
- shooter, rifleman
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores)
- door handle
- Synonyms: manilla, manija, pomo, perilla
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tirador, or analytically tira + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/,
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor
Noun
tiradór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)
- slingshot
- Synonyms: saltik, (Batangas, Marinduque) paltik, (western Marinduque) palapatik
- hitman; contract killer
- gunman; shooter
Derived terms