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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Neuter \Neu"ter\, n.
     1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either
        indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a
        neutral.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The world's no neuter; it will wound or save.
                                                    --Young.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Gram.)
        (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words
            which have the terminations usually found in neuter
            words.
        (b) An intransitive verb.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Biol.) 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; esp., 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Neuter \Neu"ter\, a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E.
     whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]
     1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side;
        impartial; neutral. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In all our undertakings God will be either our
              friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands
              neuter.                               --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Gram.)
        (a) 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; as, a
            neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
        (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly
        developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  neuter \neu"ter\, v. t.
     To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or
     alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to
     fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female
     animals, to spay.
     [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Neuter \Neu"ter\, n.
     1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either
        indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a
        neutral.
  
              The world's no neuter; it will wound or save.
                                                    --Young.
  
     2. (Gram.)
        (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words
            which have the terminations usually found in neuter
            words.
        (b) An intransitive verb.
  
     3. (Biol.) 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; esp., 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Neuter \Neu"ter\, a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E.
     whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]
     1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side;
        impartial; neutral. [Archaic]
  
              In all our undertakings God will be either our
              friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands
              neuter.                               --South.
  
     2. (Gram.)
        (a) 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; as, a
            neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
        (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
  
     3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly
        developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  neuter
       adj 1: of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular
              neuter pronoun" [ant: masculine, feminine]
       2: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex
          organs [syn: sexless]
       n : a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to
           inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
       v : remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
           spay, castrate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Αγγλικά a.
     ουδέτερος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Latin a.
     1 neither
     2 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter) (gender)
     3 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter), intransitive (gloss: of a verb)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Neuter
     German n.
     n (lb de grammar dated rare) the neuter gender, neuter

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     a.
     (lb en now uncommon) neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor
  another.
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
     vb.
     1 To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having
  offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic
  animals.
     2 To rid of sexuality.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Latin a.
     1 neither
     2 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter) (gender)
     3 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter), intransitive (gloss: of a verb)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Neuter
     German n.
     n (lb de grammar dated rare) the neuter gender, neuter

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Latin a.
     1 neither
     2 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter) (gender)
     3 (lb la grammar) (l en neuter), intransitive (gloss: of a verb)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Neuter
     German n.
     n (lb de grammar dated rare) the neuter gender, neuter

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Englanti a.
     1 sukupuoleton, suvuton
     2 (kielitiede: k=en) neutrisukuinen
     Englanti n.
     (kielitiede: k=en) neutri
     Englanti vb.
     kastroida

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  neuter
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg språk=en grammatik) neutrum; ett grammatiskt genus
  betecknande substantiv som vare sig är maskulina eller feminina
     2 (tagg språk=en biologi) könlös; som saknar (fullständiga) könsorgan
     Engelska vb.
     kastrera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Neuter /njˈuːtə/
  محايد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. сре́ден
  grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine
  2. безполов
  having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. непреходен глагол
  grammar: intransitive verb
  2. сре́ден род
  the neuter gender (grammar)

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  кастрирам
  to remove sex organs from an animal

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  středního rodu

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  vykastrovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/ 
  vykleštit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  střední

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/ 
  kastrovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  neutrum

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  Neutrum , sächliches Substantiv  [ling.]
        "in the neuter"  - im Neutrum, in der sächlichen Form

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  geschlechtslos, ungeschlechtlich 
   see: neuter
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  geschlechtsloses Wesen, ungeschlechtliche Pflanze
   see: neuter
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/ 
  ein männliches Tier kastrieren
        "Has your dog been neutered?"  - Ist dein Hund kastriert?
     Synonyms: castrate, geld, emasculate a male animal
  
   see: doctor an animal, desex an animal, doctoring an animal, desexing an animal, doctored an animal, desexed an animal, spay a female animal, alter, fix a pet, caponize, caponise a cock, Have you had your cat spayed?
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  kastriert 
   see: neuter
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  kastriertes Tier
   see: neuter
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  sächlich  [ling.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. neutrinen, neutrisukuinen
  grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine
  2. sukupuoleton
  having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones
  3. neutraali, puolueeton
  neutral, neither one thing nor another

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. neutri
  biology: organism which at its maturity has no generative organs
  2. puolueeton taho
  person who takes no part in a contest

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  kastroida, kuohia, kuohita, leikata, steriloida
  to remove sex organs from an animal

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/ 
  1. नपुंसक
        "‘it' is a neuter gender pronoun in English."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/ 
  1. नपुंसक बनाना
        "The vets neutered the dog."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  besplodan, bespolan, neopredijeljen, neprelazan, neutral, neutralan, srednji rod, u gramatici, uškopljen

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  1. elmosódott
  2. nem nélküli
  3. tárgytalan ige
  4. kiherélt
  5. bizonytalan
  6. semleges nem
  7. közömbös
  8. kasztrált állat
  9. semleges ember
  10. meghatározhatatlan
  11. herélt
  12. semleges
  13. tárgytalan (ige)
  14. semlegesnemû
  15. nem nélkül való
  16. meddô
  17. dolgozó (hangya)
  18. pártatlan
  19. pártatlan ember
  20. kasztrált
  21. herélt állat

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  mengebiri
  to remove sex organs from an animal

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. 中立
  2. 中性の, 中性的な
  grammar: having a form which is not masculine nor feminine
  3. 自動詞の
  grammar: intransitive
  4. 未成熟な, 未発達の
  having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones
  5. 中立の, 中立的な
  neutral, neither one thing nor another

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. 無変化動詞
  grammar: intransitive verb
  2. 第三者
  person who takes no part in a contest
  3. 中性
  the neuter gender (grammar)

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  neuter /ˈnju:tə/ 
   1.  [gram]  nijaki
   2.  [biol]  obojnaczy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  1. neutrum
  2. neutral, opartisk
  neutral, neither one thing nor another

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  neutrum, t-genus
  the neuter gender (grammar)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  neuter //ˈn(j)utɚ// //ˈnjuːtə// 
  kastrera
  to remove sex organs from an animal

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  neuter /njˈuːtə/
  1. (gram.) cinssiz
  2. (gram.) geçişsiz (fiil)
  3. (biyol.) cinsiyetsiz
  4. cinsiyet belirtmeyen kelime
  5. iğdiş edilmiş hayvan
  6. ne erkek ne de dişi olan hayvan.

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  neuter (neutra , neutrum ) 
  keiner von beiden

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnutɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "neuter":
     Laodicean, alter, animate, anythingarian, apathetic, asexual,
     capon, castrate, castrated, centrist, change, cold, common gender,
     contemplative, cool, cut, desex, desexualize, do-nothing, doctor,
     dormant, emasculate, emasculated, epicene, eunuchize, eunuchized,
     even, feminine, fence-sitter, fervorless, fifty-fifty, fix, frigid,
     frustrated, geld, gender, half-and-half, halfhearted, idle,
     immobile, impartial, impotent, inactive, inanimate, independent,
     indifferent, inert, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lukewarm,
     masculine, meditative, midway, moderate, motionless, mugwump,
     mutilate, neutral, nonaligned, noncommitted, nonpartisan,
     nothingarian, on the fence, paralytic, paralyzed, passive,
     perfunctory, procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic,
     sexless, spay, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, stationary,
     tepid, third force, third world, third-force, third-world,
     uncommitted, uninvolved, unsex, unsexed, unsexual, vegetable,
     vegetative, zealless
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 中性的,不及物的,生殖器不完全的;
  n. 中性名词,无性动物,去势动物;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 中性的,不及物的,生殖器不完全的
     n. 中性名词,无性动物,阉割动物

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