Phrase guide

brazen bull

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bronze bull, Sicilian bull

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَوْر بْرُونْزِيّ (ṯawr brūnziyy) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Arabic: تور نحاسى (ṭoor nuḥaasi) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Arabic: تور برونزى (ṭoor broonzi) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Arabic: تور سيسيلى (ṭoor sisili) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Danish: messingoksen — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Dutch: messingen stier — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Finnish: kuparisonni — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • French: taureau d'airain — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • French: taureau de Phalaris — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • German: sizilianischer Bulle — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹר הַפְּלִיז (shor ha-pliz) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹר סִיצִילְיָאנִי (shor sitzilyáni) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Italian: toro di Falaride — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Japanese: ファラリスの雄牛 (Fararisu no ōshi) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Korean: 놋쇠 황소 (notsoe hwangso) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Macedonian: бронзен бик (bronzen bik) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Macedonian: сицилиски бик (siciliski bik) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Norwegian Bokmål: messingoksen — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kobberoksen — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Falaris' okse — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Persian: گاو برنزی (gâv bronzi) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Persian: گاو برنجی (gâv berenji) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Persian: گاو سیسیلیایی (gâv sisilyâyi) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Polish: byk z brązu — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Polish: byk Falarisa — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Polish: byk sycylijski — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Polish: byk spiżowy — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Portuguese: touro de bronze — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Portuguese: touro de Fálaris — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Portuguese: touro siciliano — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Russian: бык Фала́рида (byk Falárida) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Russian: бык Фала́риса (byk Falárisa) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Russian: ме́дный бык (médnyj byk) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Russian: сицили́йский бык (sicilíjskij byk) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Spanish: toro de Falaris — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Swedish: mässingstjuren — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Thai: โคสัมฤทธิ์ (koo sǎm-rít) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Thai: โคทองเหลือง (koo tɔɔng-lʉ̌ʉang) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Thai: โคซีชีเลีย (koo Sii-chii-liia) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Turkish: pirinç boğa — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Turkish: Sicilya boğa — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Turkish: bronz boğa — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Ukrainian: бик Фала́рида (byk Faláryda) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Ukrainian: мі́дний бик (mídnyj byk) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Ukrainian: перга́мський мі́дний бик (perhámsʹkyj mídnyj byk) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Ukrainian: сицилі́йський бик (sycylíjsʹkyj byk) — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Vietnamese: con bò bằng đồng — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Vietnamese: con bò đồng — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
  • Vietnamese: con bò Sicilia — ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death