gelding
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gelding¹
- /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛldɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).
noun geldings
- A castrated male horse. Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
- Any castrated male animal.
gelding²
- /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛldɪŋ
Where it comes from
From geld + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of geld
Translations
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noun castrated male horse
| Español | caballo castrado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 騸馬 senba |
| 中文 | 騸馬 /骟马 shànmǎ |
| Português | capão |
| Français | hongre |
| Deutsch | Wallach |
| Italiano | castrone |
| Русский | ме́рин mérin |
noun castrated male animal
| 中文 | 閹割動物 /阉割动物 yāngē dòngwù |
|---|---|
| Português | castrado |
| Deutsch | kastriertes Männchen, verschnittenes Tier |
| Русский | кастри́рованное живо́тное kastrírovannoje živótnoje, вол vol, кастра́т kastrát |
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title = {gelding},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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