gelding
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
Noun

gelding (plural geldings)

  1. A castrated male horse.
  2. Any castrated male animal.
  3. (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.
Translations
  • French: hongre
  • German: Wallach
  • Italian: castrone
  • Portuguese: capão
  • Russian: ме́рин
  • Spanish: (caballo) capón, caballo castrado
Translations
  • Portuguese: castrado
  • Russian: кастрированный
  • Spanish: capón
Verb
  1. present participle of geld#English|geld



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