castrate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/
castrate (plural castrates)
- A castrated man; a eunuch.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- The castrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- (British) IPA: /ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/, /kæsˈtɹeɪt/
castrate (castrates, present participle castrating; past and past participle castrated)
- (transitive) To remove the testicles of an animal.
- (transitive) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
- (transitive, figurative) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.
- emasculate
- geld (used only of animals, especially horses)
- spay / neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
- sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)
- French: châtrer, castrer
- German: kastrieren
- Italian: castrare
- Portuguese: castrar, capar
- Russian: кастри́ровать
- Spanish: capar, castrar
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