gelding
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
gelding (plural geldings)
- A castrated male horse.
- Any castrated male animal.
- (archaic) A eunuch.
- 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Acts viii. 38
- They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him.
- 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Acts viii. 38
- French: hongre
- German: Wallach
- Italian: castrone
- Portuguese: capão
- Russian: ме́рин
- Spanish: (caballo) capón, caballo castrado
- Portuguese: castrado
- Russian: кастрированный
- Spanish: capón
- present participle of geld#English|geld
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