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neuter

  ('tər, nyū'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Grammar.
    1. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.
    2. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.
    1. Biology. Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.
    2. Botany. Having no pistils or stamens; asexual.
    3. Zoology. Sexually undeveloped.
  2. Taking no side; neutral.
n.
  1. Grammar.
    1. The neuter gender.
    2. A neuter word.
    3. A neuter noun.
  2. A castrated animal.
  3. A sexually undeveloped or imperfectly developed insect, such as a worker bee.
  4. A plant without stamens or pistils.
  5. One that is neutral.
tr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

To castrate or spay.

[Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not + uter, either.]


 
 
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adjective

    Not inclining toward or actively taking either side in a matter under dispute: impartial, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, unbiased, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprejudiced. Idioms: on the fence. See fair/unfair.

verb

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

 

1. to desex an animal. This has assumed an important role in the management and control of companion animal populations. castration and ovariohysterectomy are the usual procedures.
2. a desexed animal.
3. a castrated male cat.

 
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Translations: Translations for: Neuter

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kønsløs, gold, intetkøns-
n. - neutrum, intetkønsord
v. tr. - kastrere, uskadeliggøre, neutralisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzijdig, neutraal, onpartijdig, geslachtsloos (dier/plant), castreren, neutraliseren

Français (French)
adj. - (Bot, Ling, Zool) neutre
n. - (Ling) neutre
v. tr. - (Vét) châtrer

Deutsch (German)
v. - kastrieren
adj. - sächlich, neutral, (Ling.) intransitiv, (Biol.) asexual
n. - (Ling.) Neutrum, intransitives Verb, (Zool.) asexuales Insekt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ευνουχίζω
adj. - (γραμμ.) ουδέτερος, ουδετέρου γένους, (βιολ.) αγενής, άφυλος

Italiano (Italian)
neutro

Português (Portuguese)
v. - castrar
adj. - neutro, assexuado

Русский (Russian)
средний (род), среднего (рода), кастрировать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - neutro, neutral
n. - neutro
v. tr. - neutralizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kastrera
adj. - neutral, neutrum-, könlös, fortplantningsoduglig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
中性的, 中立的, 不及物的, 无性的, 中性名词, 阉割动物, 无性动物, 阉割, 抵消, 使中和

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 中性的, 中立的, 不及物的, 無性的
n. - 中性名詞, 閹割動物, 無性動物
v. tr. - 閹割, 抵消, 使中和

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 중성의, (동사가)자동의, 중립의
n. - 중성, 중립자, 거세된 사람
v. tr. - (동물을)거세하다, 난소를 제거하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 中性の, 無性の, 中性の語, 中立の
n. - 中性, 中性名詞, 自動詞, 無性植物, 中立者
v. - 去勢する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) شخص محايد, دوله محايدة, حيوان مخصي, مخنث (صفه) محير ( لا هو مذكر ولا مؤنث), حيادي, محايد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סתמי, חסר מין, מסורס, נייטרלי‬
n. - ‮מין סתמי (דקדוק), חרק שאינו מוליד צאצאים, חיה שעברה סירוס‬
v. tr. - ‮סירס‬


 
 

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