neuter
An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative…An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
» I spent fifty dollars to get my dog neutered.
Я витратив п'ятдесят доларів на кастрацію свого собаки.
Meaning
7 sensesAn organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
(offensive, sometimes, uncommon)One who has been neutered; eunuch.
The act of neutering (typically an animal)
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
The neuter gender.
sächliches Geschlecht, Neutrum, neutrisches Geschlecht
сре́дний родsrédnij rod
сере́дній рідserédnij rid
A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
неперехо́дный глаго́лneperexódnyj glagól
- a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
Examples
12 sentencesI spent fifty dollars to get my dog neutered.
Я витратив п'ятдесят доларів на кастрацію свого собаки. — deniko
This dog is a neutered male.
deDer Hund hier ist ein kastrierter Rüde. — Vortarulo
It's time to neuter the cat.
It's time to neuter the dog.
deEs ist Zeit, den Hund zu kastrieren. — Rovo
Do we have to have our cat neutered?
ruМы должны кастрировать нашего кота? — Selena777
deMüssen wir unseren Kater kastrieren lassen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English neutre, from Latin neuter, from ne (“not”) + uter (“either”)Inherited from Middle English neutre, from Latin neuter, from ne (“not”) + uter (“either”), a semantic loan from Koine Greek οὐδέτερος (oudéteros); compare English either, English whether, and neither.
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