neuter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Inflection

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin, from ne (“‘not’”) + uter (“‘whether’”); akin to English whether. See no and whether, and compare neither.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnjuːtə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnuːtɚ/, /ˈnjuːtɚ/
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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

[edit] Adjective

neuter (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
   • South — In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter.
2. (grammar) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex.

   a neuter noun; the neuter definite article; a neuter termination; the neuter gender

3. (grammar) Intransitive

   a neuter verb

4. (biology) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless.

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[edit] Noun

neuter (plural neuters)

1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
   • Young — The world’s no neuter; it will wound or save.
2. (grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
3. (grammar) An intransitive verb.
4. (biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

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[edit] Verb

to neuter (third-person singular simple present neuters, present participle neutering, simple past and past participle neutered)

1. To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

[edit] Synonyms

• castrate, desex, doctor, fix, spay

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From ne (“‘not’”) + uter (“‘either’”).

[edit] Adjective

neuter m. (feminine neutra, neuter neutrum); first/second declension

1. neuter, neither

[edit] Inflection

First and second declensions (1&2). Irregular in that the singular genitive ends in -īus and the singular dative in -ī.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	neuter	neutra	neutrum		neutrī	neutrae	neutra
genitive	neutrīus	neutrīus	neutrīus		neutrōrum	neutrārum	neutrōrum
dative	neutrī	neutrī	neutrī		neutrīs	neutrīs	neutrīs
accusative	neutrum	neutram	neutrum		neutrōs	neutrās	neutra
ablative	neutrō	neutrā	neutrō		neutrīs	neutrīs	neutrīs
vocative	neuter	neutra	neutrum		neutrī	neutrae	neutra