English
Etymology
From match + maker.
Pronunciation
Noun
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) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
- Someone who makes matchsticks.
Translations
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)
- Catalan: alcavot (ca) m, alcavota (ca) f, mitjancer m, mitjancera f
- 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: Heiratsvermittler m, (dated) Ehestifter m, (pejorative, sometimes euphemism for “pimp”) Kuppler m, (in Judaism) Schadchen m
- 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)
- Malay: tukang risik, telangkai
- 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)
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someone who makes matchsticks