"centaur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛntɑɹ/ [Canada, US, also] Forms: centaurs [plural]
enPR: sĕn'tô (note: r) Rhymes: -ɛntɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|centaurus}} Latin centaurus, {{der|en|grc|κένταυρος}} Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros) Head templates: {{en-noun}} centaur (plural centaurs)
  1. (Greek mythology) 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. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures, Stock characters Synonyms: hippocentaur Translations (mythical half-man, half-horse): sentour [masculine] (Afrikaans), κένταυρος (kéntauros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), قَنْطُور (qanṭūr) [masculine] (Arabic), ܣܘܣܝ ܒܪܢܫ [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), կենտավրոս (kentavros) (Armenian), centauru [masculine] (Asturian), kentavr (Azerbaijani), кентаўр (kjentaŭr) [masculine] (Belarusian), кентавър (kentavǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), centaure [masculine] (Catalan), 人馬 (Chinese Cantonese), 人马 (jan⁴ maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 人馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 人马 (rénmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 半人馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 半人马 (bànrénmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), kentaur [masculine] (Czech), kentaur [common-gender] (Danish), paardmens [masculine] (Dutch), kentaur [masculine] (Dutch), centaur [masculine] (Dutch), centaŭro (Esperanto), rossmaður [masculine] (Faroese), kentauri (Finnish), centaure [masculine] (French), centauro [masculine] (Galician), Zentaur [masculine] (German), κένταυρος (kéntavros) [masculine] (Greek), 人馬 (Hakka Chinese), 人马 (ngìn-mâ) (Hakka Chinese), קֶנְטָאוּר (kentaur) [masculine] (Hebrew), सेंटूर (sẽṭūr) (Hindi), kentaur (Hungarian), centauro (Ido), ceinteár [masculine] (Irish), centauro [masculine] (Italian), ケンタウロス (Kentaurosu) (Japanese), 人馬 (jinba) (alt: じんば) (Japanese), 켄타우로스 (kentauroseu) (Korean), 인마 (inma) (Korean), centaurus [masculine] (Latin), kentauras [masculine] (Lithuanian), кента́вр (kentávr) [masculine] (Macedonian), ке́нтаур (kéntaur) [masculine] (Macedonian), sentora (Malay), sentaur (Malay), सेंटॉर (seṇṭŏr) [masculine] (Marathi), kentaur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kentaur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), centaur [masculine] (Polish), centauro [masculine] (Portuguese), кента́вр (kentávr) [masculine] (Russian), китовра́с (kitovrás) [Russian, masculine] [mythology, mysticism, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] (Russian), кентаур [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kentaur [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), centaurus [masculine] (Slovak), kentaur [masculine] (Slovak), kentaurus [masculine] (Slovak), kentaver (note: as a creature) [masculine] (Slovene), Kentaver (note: as a race) [masculine] (Slovene), centauro [masculine] (Spanish), kentauro (Swahili), kentaur [common-gender] (Swedish), sentawro (Tagalog), kentaur (Turkish), kentauroi [plural] (Turkish), at adam (Turkish), aryunt (Turkish), eryunt (Turkish), yaryunt (Turkish), кента́вр (kentávr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), käntor (Volapük), dynfarch [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (astronomy, also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. Tags: also, capitalized Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (astronomy): Кентавър (Kentavǎr) (Bulgarian), 半人馬座 (Chinese Mandarin), 半人马座 (bànrénmǎzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Kentaur [masculine] (Czech), souhvězdí Kentaura [neuter] (Czech), Centaure (French), Kentaur (Hungarian), centauro [masculine] (Italian), ケンタウルス (Kentaurusu) (Japanese), ケンタウロス (Kentaurosu) (Japanese), ケンタウルス族 (Kentaurusu-zoku) (Japanese), Ке́нтаур (Kéntaur) [masculine] (Macedonian)
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  3. (chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together. Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-centaur-en-noun-bjIkclkd Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 31 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 34 16 9 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  4. (by extension, artificial intelligence) A human and an AI who work together. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence
    Sense id: en-centaur-en-noun-L5HUPetG Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 31 20 14
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Synonyms: Centaur Related terms: faun, horseman, minotaur, satyr

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(Greek mythology) 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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hippocentaur"
        }
      ],
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        "Greek"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sentour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "qanṭūr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قَنْطُور"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "syc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Syriac",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ܣܘܣܝ ܒܪܢܫ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
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          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "կենտավրոս"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ast",
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          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "kentavr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "be",
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          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кентаўр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kentavǎr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кентавър"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaure"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jan⁴ maa⁵",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人马"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
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          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人马"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rénmǎ",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人马"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "半人馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bànrénmǎ",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "半人马"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paardmens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "centaŭro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rossmaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "kentauri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centauro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kéntavros",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κένταυρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kéntauros",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kentaur",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קֶנְטָאוּר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sẽṭūr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "सेंटूर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "centauro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceinteár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centauro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Kentaurosu",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "ケンタウロス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "alt": "じんば",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jinba",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "人馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kentauroseu",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "켄타우로스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "inma",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "인마"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaurus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentauras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kentávr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кента́вр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kéntaur",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ке́нтаур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "sentora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "sentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "seṇṭŏr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सेंटॉर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centauro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kentávr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кента́вр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kitovrás",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "Russian",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "mythology",
            "mysticism",
            "philosophy",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "китовра́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кентаур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centaurus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaurus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "note": "as a creature",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kentaver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "note": "as a race",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kentaver"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "centauro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "kentauro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "sentawro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "kentaur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kentauroi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "at adam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "word": "aryunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kentávr",
          "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
          "code": "vo",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 8 0",
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        {
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          "_dis1": "4 94 1 1",
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          "_dis1": "4 94 1 1",
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      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centauro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kentávr",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кента́вр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kitovrás",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "Russian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mythology",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "китовра́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кентаур"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centaurus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kentaurus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "note": "as a creature",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kentaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "note": "as a race",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentaver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centauro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "kentauro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "sentawro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kentauroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "at adam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "aryunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "eryunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "yaryunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kentávr",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кента́вр"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "word": "käntor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mythical half-man, half-horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dynfarch"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Kentavǎr",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "Кентавър"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "半人馬座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànrénmǎzuò",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "半人马座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "souhvězdí Kentaura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "Centaure"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "Kentaur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centauro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kentaurusu",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "ケンタウルス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kentaurosu",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "ケンタウロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kentaurusu-zoku",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "word": "ケンタウルス族"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Kéntaur",
      "sense": "astronomy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ке́нтаур"
    }
  ],
  "word": "centaur"
}

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