matchmaker

See also: match-maker

English

matchmaker (plural matchmakers)

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
Synonyms: marriage broker, yenta (Judaism)

Antonym: matchbreaker
(by extension) Someone who arranges 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)
Czech: dohazovač m, dohazovačka f
Danish: ægteskabsformidler c, giftekniv c (informal), Kirsten Giftekniv c (humorous, used as a name. Lit: Kirsten Marriage-knife)
Estonian: kosjasobitaja
Finnish: puhemies (fi), avioliittovälittäjä
French: entremetteur (fr) m, entremetteuse (fr) f, marieur (fr) m, marieuse (fr) f, apparieuse (fr) f
Georgian: მაჭანკალი (mač̣anḳali)
German: Kuppler (de) m, Kupplerin (de) f, Ehestifter m, Ehestifterin f, Heiratsvermittler m, Heiratsvermittlerin f, Schadchen (de) m or n (Jewish)
Greek: προξενητής (el) m (proxenitís), προξενήτρα (el) f (proxenítra)
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 (ayttırwşı)
Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក (km) (mee ʾɑndaək)

Korean: 중매인 (ko) (jungmaein), 뚜쟁이 (ko) (ttujaeng-i)
Kyrgyz: жуучу (ky) (cuuçu)
Latin: conciliātrix f
Lithuanian: piršlys m, piršlė f
Macedonian: сводник m (svodnik)
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
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

French: allumettier (fr) m, allumettière (fr) f
German: Streichholzmacher m, Streichholzmacherin f, Zündholzmacher m, Zündholzmacherin f

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