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matchmaker (plural matchmakers
Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
Synonyms: marriage broker ( Judaism ) shadchen Antonym: matchbreaker 2020 May 9, Tammy La Gorce, “Singles Have to Think Outside the Screen”, in New York Times [1] As singles are stuck at home and social distancing makes traditional dating all but impossible, the coaching skills of matchmakers , now imparted online, are becoming more valuable.
( by extension ) professional boxing matches.Someone who makes matchsticks . someone who finds suitable marriage partners
Arabic: خَاطِب m ( ḵāṭib ) , خَاطِبَة f ( ḵāṭiba )
Belarusian: сват m ( svat ) , сва́цця f ( sváccja )
Bulgarian: свато́вник m ( svatóvnik ) , свато́вница f ( svatóvnica )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 媒人 (zh) ( méirén ) , 媒妁 (zh) ( méishuò ) , 媒婆 (zh) ( méipó ) , 伐柯人 (zh) ( :fákērén )
Czech: dohazovač m dohazovačka f
Danish: ægteskabsformidler c giftekniv (da) c ( informal ) , Kirsten Giftekniv c ( humorous, used as a name. Lit: Kirsten Marriage-knife )
Dutch: koppelaar (nl) m koppelaarster (nl) f
Estonian: kosjasobitaja
Faroese: hjúnabandsmeklari m
Finnish: puhemies (fi) , avioliittovälittäjä
French: entremetteur (fr) m entremetteuse (fr) f marieur (fr) m marieuse (fr) f apparieur (fr) m apparieuse (fr) f
Gallo: bassadou m
Georgian: მაჭანკალი ( mač̣anḳali )
German: Kuppler (de) m Kupplerin (de) f Ehestifter m Ehestifterin f Heiratsvermittler (de) m Heiratsvermittlerin (de) f Schadchen (de) m or n ( Jewish )
Greek: προξενητής (el) m ( proxenitís ) , προξενήτρα (el) f ( proxenítra )
Hebrew: שַׁדְכָן (he) m ( shadchán )
Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari m
Japanese: 仲人 (ja) ( なこうど, nakōdo ) , 媒酌人 ( ばいしゃくにん, baishakunin ) , 月下氷人 ( げっかひょうじん, gekkahyōjin )
Kazakh: айттырушы ( aittyruşy )
Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក (km) ( mei ʼɑndaək )
Korean: 중매인 (ko) ( jungmaein ) , 뚜쟁이 (ko) ( ttujaeng'i )
Kyrgyz: жуучу (ky) ( juucu )
Ladino: kazamentera
Latin: conciliātrix f
Lithuanian: piršlys m piršlė f
Macedonian: стројник m ( strojnik )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ekteskapsformidler m giftekniv (no) m
Nynorsk: ekteskapsformidlar m giftekniv m
Polish: swat (pl) m swatka (pl) f
Portuguese: casamenteiro (pt) m
Russian: сват (ru) m ( svat ) , сва́ха (ru) f ( sváxa ) , сва́тья (ru) f ( svátʹja ) ( colloquial )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сну̀бок m
Roman: snùbok (sh) m
Slovak: dohadzovač m dohadzovačka f
Spanish: casamentero (es) m casamentera (es) f alcahuete (es) m alcahueta (es) f celestina (es) f
Swedish: äktenskapsmäklare c
Thai: แม่สื่อ (th) ( mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ̀ʉ )
Turkish: çöpçatan (tr)
Ukrainian: сват m ( svat ) , сва́ха f ( sváxa ) , сва́шка f ( sváška )
Vietnamese: người làm mối bà mối ( female )
Yiddish: שדכן m ( shadkhn ) , יענטע f ( yente )
someone who makes matchsticks
