Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.

    neutraler Staat

  2. (countable, uncountable)A person who takes no side in a dispute.

    Neutraler

    one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

  3. (countable, uncountable)An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A neutral hue.

  5. (uncountable)The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.

    Near-synonym: angel gear (humorous)

    Put it in neutral, and we'll push it out of the garage.

    Leerlauf, Leerlaufstellung, Ruhelage

    нейтра́льноеnejtrálʹnoje

  6. (countable, uncountable)An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.

Examples

87 sentences
  1. Switzerland is a neutral country.

    Швейцарія — нейтральна країна. — Internecivus

    ruШвейцария - нейтральная страна. — marafon

    deDie Schweiz ist ein neutrales Land. — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom is neutral.

    Том нейтральний. — deniko

    deTom ist neutral. — Felixjp

  3. Tom tried to be neutral.

  4. Tom tried to stay neutral.

    ruТом старался сохранять нейтралитет. — Balamax

  5. Tom tried to remain neutral.

    ruТом старался сохранять нейтралитет. — Balamax

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
position of gears:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
nonaligned state:
person who takes no side in a dispute:
position of gears:

Origin

From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surfac

From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al.

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