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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAUROMACHY

Greek tauromakhia, from tauro- + makhē fight.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAUROMACHY

tauromachy  [tɔːˈrɒməkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAUROMACHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tauromachy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAUROMACHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tauromachy

Bullfighting

Bullfighting (Spanish: corrida de toros or toreo; Portuguese: tourada ), also known as tauromachia or tauromachy (Spanish: tauromaquia listen (help·info), Portuguese: tauromaquia; from Greek: ταυρομαχία "bull-fight"), is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Hispanic American countries (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru) and the Philippines, in which one or more bulls are baited, and then killed in a bullring for the entertainment of the audience. Although a blood sport, by definition, some followers of the spectacle prefer to view it as a 'fine art' and not a sport, as there are no elements of competition in the proceedings. In Portugal, it is illegal to kill a bull in the arena, so it is removed and either professionally killed or treated and released into its owners' (ganadero) fields. The bullfight, as it is practiced today, involves professional toreros (of which the most senior is called a matador) who execute various formal moves which can be interpreted and innovated according to the bullfighter's style or school.

Definition of tauromachy in the English dictionary

The definition of tauromachy in the dictionary is the art or act of bullfighting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAUROMACHY


Andromache
ænˈdrɒməkɪ
gigantomachy
ˌdʒaɪɡænˈtɒməkɪ
hummocky
ˈhʌməkɪ
logomachy
lɒˈɡɒməkɪ
monomachy
mɒˈnɒməkɪ
naumachy
ˈnɔːməkɪ
psychomachy
ˈsaɪkəʊməkɪ
sciamachy
saɪˈæməkɪ
sciomachy
saɪˈɒməkɪ
skiamachy
skaɪˈæməkɪ
stomachy
ˈstʌməkɪ
theomachy
θɪˈɒməkɪ
Titanomachy
ˌtaɪtəˈnɒməkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAUROMACHY

taupe
Taupo
Tauranga
Taurean
Tauri
tauriform
taurine
Tauris
taurobolium
tauromachian
tauromorphous
Taurus
Taurus Mountains
taut
tauten
tautly
tautness
tautochrone
tautochronism
tautochronous

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAUROMACHY

achy
beachy
coachy
headachy
leachy
Malachy
peachy
poachy
preachy
queachy
spinachy

Synonyms and antonyms of tauromachy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tauromachy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAUROMACHY

Find out the translation of tauromachy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tauromachy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tauromachy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tauromachy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tauromaquia
570 millions of speakers

English

tauromachy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tauromachy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tauromachy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tauromachy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tauromaquia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ষাড়ের লড়াই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tauromachie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tauromachy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stierkampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tauromachy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tauromachy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc đấu bò mộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காளைமாட்டுச் சண்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टायरोमाची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tauromachy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tauromachia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tauromachy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tauromachy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tauromachy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tauromachy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

corrida
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tauromachy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tauromachy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tauromachy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAUROMACHY»

The term «tauromachy» is used very little and occupies the 178.429 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAUROMACHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tauromachy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tauromachy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tauromachy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUROMACHY»

Discover the use of tauromachy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tauromachy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mirror Or Tauromachy
The illustrations by Andre Masson were drawn especially for this book.
Michel Leiris, 2007
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The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway
In writing an entire volume on the bulls, Hemingway injected Spanish values - the good news of tauromachy - into American literature, whether his fellow writers and the critics liked it or not. What was involved was the profound discovery of a ...
Scott Donaldson, 1996
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Second Chance King of Zorran
"Well I know of tauromachy. I sometimes practice it myself, in the style of ancient Knossos. Tauromachy is a difficult art, something that it takes even the people of Zorran a long time to learn. If I rule Zorran, I will demonstrate my mastery of the art  ...
R. Richard
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The Californian Illustrated Magazine ...
Here, too, are their co-workers — the interpreters — who profess to translate every language, living or dead, instruct the stranger in the arts of tauromachy, or escort him to the chapel, where mass is celebrated for the toreros who go there to  ...
‎1892
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Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts
Death's presence here could only be denied by someone wholly ignorant of the nature of the event. For Leiris, tauromachy achieves an engagement with death that eludes “senile . . . philoso- phers and religious system-builders,” who desire  ...
Alexander Tristan Riley, William Watts Miller, W.S.F. Pickering, 2013
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The Revenge of Tom Dollar
seemed that Paulo had been lucky enough to find work at the bull ranch of Francisco Montes Zorilla, “the dictator of tauromachy” the man most responsible for laying down the rules of bullfighting. Zorilla was a student of the School of ...
Reg Reynolds, 2001
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The Californian
Charles V of Spain was an ardent lover of the sport, and in the reign of Philip IV, tauromachy was in its zenith. The grandson of Philip II fought with much success in the arena in emulation of his i1lustrious ancestor Charles V ; but it Pedro ...
‎1892
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A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire
Best one-volume history brings the events, figures, and battles of monumental conflict vividly to life.
Fletcher Pratt, 2013
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South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, ...
DAVID RUDNER SEE ALSO Credit System (Women's Private Banking in Rural India); Girau JALLIKKATTU Jallikkattu is one of several types of "bull-fights" — or, more technically, tauromachy — found in Tamil Nadu. Besides jallikkattu, there ...
Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills, 2003
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Cultural Anxiety
I would like to take from Lorca, or, to put it another way, to rob him hermetically of everything I can, using what is thieved to enrich us. In two meaning-crammed lines, Lorca defines the very core of the art of bullfighting, which, in tauromachy, ...
Rafael Lopez-Pedraza, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAUROMACHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tauromachy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Art Miami Launches at Pier 94 with Strong Attendance and Sales
Masterworks Fine Art Gallery (Oakland, CA) reported sales of two works by Picasso: a linocut "Bacchanale au hibou" (1959) and a ceramic piece "Tauromachy ... «Broadway World, May 15»
2
Them's bullfighting words
Bullfighting, also known as tauromachy, has existed in one form or another since ancient times. The Romans held venationes, spectacles that pitted humans ... «The Week Magazine, Mar 15»
3
Torero entre rascacielos
El torero y su esposa Marta fueron a un partido de los 'Chicago Bulls' en el 'United Center' por cortesía del club 'Chicago Tauromachy' y pudieron visitar ... «La Rioja, Jan 15»
4
Analizan y celebran 'el arte de la fiesta brava'
CHICAGO – La Asociación Cultural Hispanoamericana Chicago Tauromachy presenta la XIV edición de las Jornadas Taurinas Norteamericanas, evento que ... «Vivelo Hoy, Jan 15»
5
Is Spanish Bullfighting on Its Way Out?
But animal rights activists such as Zara and José Enrique Zaldívar, whose Association of Vets Against Tauromachy and Animal Abuse was instrumental in ... «Newsweek, Dec 14»
6
Here's a Lamborghini Huracan Fighting a Matador in the Arena
Last time we checked, tauromachy involved a group of toreadors and one bull, but it seems that this... automotive Raging Bull cosplay scene turned things ... «autoevolution, Sep 14»
7
France's Boy Bullfighters
Twice a week, students take courses at the French Tauromachy Center in Nimes with a matador to learn the movements and gestures of professional bullfighters ... «ABC News, Nov 13»
8
Boğaları öldürme dersi!
GÜNEY Fransa'da, Languedoc-Roussillon bölgesine bağlı Nimes kenti yakınlarında, 1983 yılından bu yana “French Tauromachy Centre” adıyla hizmet veren bir ... «HABERTURK, Nov 13»
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Mini-matadors train in the art of bullfighting
Since 1983, the French Tauromachy Centre in Nimes has trained some 1,000 youths in the art of bullfighting. Twenty of them have gone on to become ... «NBCNews.com, Nov 13»
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Jean Cocteau: 'A poet can never die'
The death and resurrection of a poet (Orpheus), the link between death and youth (beautiful young men), tauromachy, living statues, opium (of which he was a ... «The Arts Desk, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tauromachy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tauromachy>. Apr 2024 ».
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