geld

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(gĕld) pronunciation
tr.v., geld·ed, or gelt (gĕlt), geld·ing, gelds.
  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]


geld2 (gĕld) pronunciation
n.
A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

[Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]


verb

    To render incapable of reproducing sexually: alter, castrate, fix, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex. See reproduction/barrenness, rich/poor.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: v. - Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).

Tutor's tip: Note: "Geld" means to castrate a horse. "Gelt" is a slang term for money.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - kastrere, gilde, skære

2.
n. - form for skat

Nederlands (Dutch)
castreren

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - hongrer (un cheval), châtrer (un cochon)

2.
n. - (Hist) taxe/impôt féodal

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - kastrieren, sterilisieren

2.
n. - Kronsteuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ευνουχίζω, μουνουχίζω ζώο

Italiano (Italian)
castrare, indebolire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - castrar

Русский (Russian)
кастрировать, налог в пользу короны

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - capar, debilitar

2.
n. - impuesto feudal pagado a la Corona por los terratenientes

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kastrera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使去势, 阉割

2. 税, 支付款, 贡赋

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 稅, 支付款, 貢賦

2.
v. tr. - 使去勢, 閹割

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 고환을 없애다

2.
n. - 세금

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 去勢する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخصي, يضعف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סירס, עיקר‬
n. - ‮מס ששילמו בעלי-קרקעות למלכים האנגלו-סקסיים והנורמנים‬


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