Meaning

6 senses
  1. (not comparable, uncommon, usually)Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

    neutral

    нейтра́льныйnejtrálʹnyj, беспристра́стныйbespristrástnyj

    neither male nor female (of grammatical gender)

  2. (not comparable, usually)Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

    a neuter noun

    the neuter definite article

    neutrisch, sächlich, neutral

    сре́днийsrédnij

    сере́днійserédnij

  3. (not comparable, usually)Intransitive.

    a neuter verb

    intransitiv, neuter

    неперехо́дныйneperexódnyj

  4. (not comparable, usually)Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.

    geschlechtslos

    беспо́лыйbespólyj

    having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

  5. (literary, not comparable, usually)Sexless, non-sexual.

  6. (not comparable, usually)Castrated; having had the reproductive organs removed.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I spent fifty dollars to get my dog neutered.

    Я витратив п'ятдесят доларів на кастрацію свого собаки. — deniko

  2. This dog is a neutered male.

    deDer Hund hier ist ein kastrierter Rüde. — Vortarulo

  3. It's time to neuter the cat.

  4. It's time to neuter the dog.

    deEs ist Zeit, den Hund zu kastrieren. — Rovo

  5. Do we have to have our cat neutered?

    ruМы должны кастрировать нашего кота? — Selena777

    deMüssen wir unseren Kater kastrieren lassen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine:
Русский
By meaning 4
neutral, neither one thing nor another:
grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine:
grammar: intransitive — see also intransitive:
having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
neutral, neither one thing nor another:
grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine:
grammar: intransitive — see also intransitive:
having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones:

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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Forms

more neuter, most neuter
Comparativemore neuter Lesson
Superlativemost neuter Lesson

regular

Synonyms

40 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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