bucentaur
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Supposedly from Ancient Greek, but perhaps invented later. See remarks at Wikipedia.
Noun
[edit]bucentaur (plural bucentaurs)
- A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
- A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.
Translations
[edit]a supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man
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References
[edit]- “bucentaur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian bucentoro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bucentaur m (plural bucentauren)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bucentaure.
Noun
[edit]bucentaur m (plural bucentauri)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bucentaur
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bucentaur | bucentaurul | (niște) bucentauri | bucentaurii |
genitive/dative | (unui) bucentaur | bucentaurului | (unor) bucentauri | bucentaurilor |
vocative | bucentaurule | bucentaurilor |
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Italian
- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯ər
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns