neuter

neu·ter  (ntr, ny-)

adj.

1. Grammar

a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.

b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.

2.

a. Biology Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.

b. Botany Having no pistils or stamens; asexual.

c. Zoology Sexually undeveloped.

3. Taking no side; neutral.

n.

1. Grammar

a. The neuter gender.

b. A neuter word.

c. 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. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters

To castrate or spay.

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[Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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neuter [ˈnjuːtə]

adj

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar

a.  denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents

b.  (as noun) German ``Mädchen'' (meaning ``girl'') is a neuter

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs

3. sexless or giving no indication of sex a neuter sort of name

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (tr) to castrate or spay (an animal)

[from Latin, from ne not + uter either (of two)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neuter - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) gender, grammatical gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Verb	1.	neuter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" spay, castrate, alter defeminise, defeminize - remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Adj.	1.	neuter - of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun" feminine - of grammatical gender masculine - of grammatical gender
	2.	neuter - having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs sexless asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"

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neuter

verb

castrate, doctor (informal), emasculate, spay, dress, fix (informal), geld Responsible cat owners should have their pets neutered.

adjective

sexless, androgynous, asexual, hermaphrodite, nonsexual, epicene I am really neuter, neither male nor female.

Translations

neuter [ˈnjuːtəʳ]

A. ADJ

1. (Ling) → neutro

2. [cat] → castrado

3. (Bot) [plant] → asexuado

B. N

1. (Ling) → neutro m
in the neuter → en género neutro

2. (= cat) → macho m castrado

3. (= insect) → insecto m asexuado

C. VT [+ cat] → castrar, capar

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neuter [ˈnjuːtə^r]

adj → neutre

n → neutre m

vt [+ animal] → stériliser
to have a dog neutered → faire stériliser un chien

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neuter

adj

(Gram) → sächlich; this word is neuter → dieses Wort ist sächlich or ein Neutrum

animal, person → geschlechtslos; (= castrated) → kastriert; plant → ungeschlechtlich

n

(Gram) → Neutrum nt; (= noun) → Neutrum nt, → sächliches Substantiv; in the neuter → in der sächlichen Form, im Neutrum

(= animal) → geschlechtsloses Wesen; (castrated) → kastriertes Tier; (= plant) → ungeschlechtliche Pflanze

vt cat, dog → kastrieren; female, male → sterilisieren; (esp Brit fig: = render ineffective) → kastrieren

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neuter [ˈnjuːtəʳ]

1. adj → neutro/a

2. n (Gram) → neutro

3. vt (cat) → castrare

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neuter [ˈnjuːtəʳ]

1. adj → neutro/a

2. n (Gram) → neutro

3. vt (cat) → castrare

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neuter

adj neuter [ˈnjuːtə]

1 in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine a neuter noun. onsydige geslag مُحايِد: لا مُذَكَّر ولا مُؤَنَّث среден род středního rodu intetkøn; intetkøns- sächlich ουδέτερος (γραμμ.) neutro kesksoost خنثی neutri neutre סְתָמִי, מְחוּסַר מִין नपुंसक लिंग srednjeg roda semleges (nemű) netral hvorugkyns neutro 中性の (문법의) 중성의 niekatrosios, bevardės giminės nekatrs; nekatras dzimtes- neutral onzijdig intetkjønn, nøytrum nijaki neutro neutru среднего рода stredného rodu srednji spol srednji neutral, neutrum- เป็นกลาง cinsiyetsiz, nötr 中性的 середній, середнього роду نہ مذکر نہ مؤنث thuộc giống trung 中性的

2 without sex Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female. geslagloos عَديم الجِنْس бзполов bezpohlavní kønsløs geschlechtslos άφυλος, ουδέτερος neutro sootu خواجه sukupuoleton neutre חֲסַר מִין नपुंसक bez roda neutralan nem nélküli tanpa kelamin kynlaus neutro 中性の 중성의 belytis bezdzimuma bersifat neuter geslachtloos kjønnsløs bezpłciowy neutro asexuat бесполый bezpohlavný brezspolen bezrodan könlös ซึ่งไม่มีเพศ eşeysiz, cinsiyetsiz 無性的 безстатевий بے جنس vô tính 无性的