Bucentaur

/ˈbjuːsənˌtɔː/

/ˈbjuːsənˌtɔr/

Translation of "bucentaur" into Russian

Noun

bucentaur

bucentaur

bucentaurs pl

The bucentaur was a mythical creature with the body of an ox and the head of a man.

Буцентавр был мифическим существом с телом быка и головой человека.

буцентавр (гондола)

The Doge of Venice would ride the bucentaur during the annual ceremony.

Дож Венеции ездил на буцентавре во время ежегодной церемонии.

Noun

A lavish state barge of the Doges of Venice, used during the annual Ascension Day “Marriage of the Sea” ceremony.

The Bucentaur carried the Doge out to the lagoon so that he could cast a ring into the water.

In classical mythology, a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a human and the body of an ox; an ox-centaur.

The medieval manuscript illustrated a fearsome bucentaur guarding the gates of the city.

Proper noun

The ceremonial Venetian state barge itself, commissioned and rebuilt several times between the 14th and 18th centuries.

Canaletto’s painting shows the Bucentaur moored beside the Doge’s Palace.