matchmaker

See also: match-maker

English

Alternative forms

• match-maker

Etymology

From match +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

matchmaker (plural matchmakers)

1. Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

   Synonym: shadchen (Judaism)

   Antonym: matchbreaker

   Hyponym: marriage broker

   • 2020 May 9, Tammy La Gorce, “Singles Have to Think Outside the Screen”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 September 2024:

     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.

2. (by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
3. (video games) A service that matches up players for multiplayer game sessions.
4. Someone who makes matchsticks.

Related terms

• matchmake
• matchmaking
• rematchmaker

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
• Esperanto: svatisto (eo)
• 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 (de) m, (dated) Ehestifter m, (pejorative, sometimes euphemism for “pimp”) Kuppler (de) m, (in Judaism) Schadchen (de) m
• Greek: προξενητής (el) m (proxenitís), προξενήτρα (el) f (proxenítra)
• Hebrew: שַׁדְכָן (he) m (shadchán)
• Hungarian: házasságközvetítő (hu), házasságszerző (hu), kerítő (hu), kerítőnő (hu), kerítőné (hu), kerítőasszony (hu)
• Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari m
• Indonesian: makcomblang (id), telangkai (id)
• 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 (ayttıruwšı)
• 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 pers, 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

  Latin: snùbok (sh) m

• Slovak: dohadzovač m, dohadzovačka f
• Southern Altai: јуучы (ǰuučï)
• Spanish: casamentero (es) m, casamentera (es) f, alcahuete (es) m, alcahueta (es) f, celestina (es) f
• Swedish: äktenskapsmäklare c
• Tatar: яучы (yawçı)
• 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

• Bulgarian: производител на кибрит (proizvoditel na kibrit)
• French: allumettier (fr) m, allumettière (fr) f
• German: Streichholzmacher m, Streichholzmacherin f, Zündholzmacher m, Zündholzmacherin f
• Hungarian: gyufagyáros
• Italian: fiammiferaio m, fiammiferaia f
• Polish: zapałczarz m pers, zapałczarka f
• Turkish: kibritçi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كبریتجی (kibritci)

See also

• play Cupid