neuter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
  2. verb remove the ovaries of
  3. adjective of grammatical gender

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English neutre, from Latin neuter, from ne (“not”) + uter (“whether”), a semantic loan from Koine Greek οὐδέτερος (oudéteros); compare English whether and neither.

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