centaur
A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the…A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
» The result was some kind of centaur.
Das Ergebnis war eine Art Kentaur.
Кентавр какой-то получился.
Meaning
4 senses(Greek)A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
Zentaur
кента́врkentávr, китовра́сkitovrás
кента́врkentávr
(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
(also, capitalized)One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
(broadly)A human and an AI who work together.
Examples
7 sentencesThe result was some kind of centaur.
ruКентавр какой-то получился.
deDas Ergebnis war eine Art Kentaur.
This resulted in some kind of centaur.
ruКентавр какой-то получился.
Tom is a centaur and Mary is a nymph.
ruТом - кентавр, а Мэри - нимфа.
deTom ist ein Zentaure, und Maria ist eine Nymphe.
And a herd of centaurs galloped across the clearing.
ruИ поскакал табун кентавров через просеку.
A centaur is a half-horse, half-human creature.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros,From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).
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Forms
plural: centaursSynonyms
2 synonyms- a conspicuous constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the Southern Cross:Centaurus