centaure
French, noun/sɑ̃.tɔʁ/
centaure is spelled C-E-N-T-A-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centaure is a French masculine noun meaning “centaur (mythical half horse, half man)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être fabuleux de la mythologie grecque, moitié homme et moitié cheval, plus précisément cheval dont la tête…”.
What does centaure mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentaur (mythical half horse, half man)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Être fabuleux de la mythologie grecque, moitié homme et moitié cheval, plus précisément cheval dont la tête est remplacée par un buste d’homme. 2. Cavalier thessalien qui chassait les taureaux sauvages. 3. Cavalier habile et infatigable. 4. Petit corps glacé qui gravite autour du Soleil entre Jupiter et Neptune.
noun: 1. Variante de centaurée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of centaure
- centaures plural
- centauresse feminine
- centauride feminine
- centaurelle feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centaure?
- /sɑ̃.tɔʁ/
- \sɑ̃.tɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centaure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centaure in French?
centaure appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).