neuter

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈnutɚ/ UK /ˈnjuːtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay

In German, the word for child is grammatically neuter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · neither masculine nor... castrate spay geld sterilize desex fixsexlessasexual

Opposites

masculine feminine

Word family

Derived forms neuteredneutering

Related forms neutral neutralize neutron

Etymology

From Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'.

neuter Latin uter Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# neuter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈnutɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈnjuːtə/

## Meanings
1. neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay

## Examples
- In German, the word for child is grammatically neuter.

## Synonyms
- castrate
- spay
- geld
- sterilize
- desex
- fix
- sexless
- asexual

## Antonyms
- masculine
- feminine

## Derived Forms
- neutered
- neutering

## Related Forms
- neutral
- neutralize
- neutron

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: neuter
- Root: uter

## Etymology
From Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'.

## AI Etymology
Neuter comes from Latin neuter ('neither'), from ne- ('not') + uter ('either of two'); the grammatical and biological senses both derive from 'neither one nor the other'. The etymological trail includes Latin neuter and Latin uter. As an adjective, neuter means neither masculine nor feminine in grammatical gender; to castrate or spay. The same family is visible in derived forms such as neutered and neutering and related forms such as neutral, neutralize, and neutron. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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