Plural of matador
regular plural
The plural of matador is matadors or matadores.
Forms of matador
| Singular | matador /ˈma.tə.dɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | matadors matadores |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Matadors and matadores in a sentence
- They are not to be equated with matadors or boxers or Hemingway heroes.1962, Arthur Miller, “The Bored and the Violent”, in Herbert Gold, editor, First Person Singular: Essays for the Sixties, New York: Dial...
- Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.1985 June 9, William Kennedy, “The Last Ole”, in The New York Times
- Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.From the entry adrenaline junkie
Meaning of matador
- noun The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- noun A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- noun The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
Questions about the plural of matador
- What is the plural of matador?
- The plural of matador is matadors or matadores.
- Which is correct, matadors or matadores?
- Both are used. matadors is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is matador countable?
- Matador is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: matador (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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