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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024neu•ter /ˈnutɚ, ˈnyu-/USA pronunciation adj. - Grammarof, relating to, or being a grammatical gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine:In Latin nouns may be masculine, feminine, or neuter in gender.
- Developmental Biology[Biology.]having no or imperfectly developed organs of reproduction:Worker bees are neuter.
n. - Grammar
- [uncountable] the neuter gender.
- [countable] a word or other linguistic form in or marking the neuter gender.
- Zoology[countable] an animal made sterile by having its organs of reproduction removed or altered.
v. [~ + object] - Veterinary Diseasesto remove the organs of reproduction of (a dog, cat, etc.).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024neu•ter (no̅o̅′tər, nyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Grammar
- noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine.
- (of a verb) intransitive.
- Developmental Biology[Biol.]having no organs of reproduction;
without sex;
asexual. - Developmental Biology, Zoology[Zool.]having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants.
- Botanyhaving neither stamens nor pistils;
asexual. - neutral;
siding with no one.
n. - Grammar
- the neuter gender.
- a noun of that gender.
- another element marking that gender.
- an intransitive verb.
- Zoologyan animal made sterile by castration or spaying.
- Zoologya neuter insect.
- a person or thing that is neutral.
v.t. - Veterinary Diseasesto spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.).
- Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Latin neuter neither (of two), equivalent. to ne not + uter either (of two); replacing Middle English neutre
- 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: neuter /ˈnjuːtə/ adj - 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
- (as noun): German ``Mädchen'' (meaning ``girl'') is a neuter
- (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs
- sexless or giving no indication of sex
n - a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee
- a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal
vb - (transitive) to castrate or spay (an animal)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin, from ne not + uter either (of two) |