castrate

From Latin castrātus, past participle of castrō.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈka.stɹeɪt/

castrate (plural castrates)

1. A castrated man; a eunuch.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The castrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor.

From the past participle stem of Latin castrāre.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈka.stɹeɪt/, /kaˈstɹeɪt/

castrate (third-person singular simple present castrates, present participle castrating, simple past and past participle castrated)

1. (transitive) To remove the testicles of an animal.
2. (transitive) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.

• emasculate
• geld (used only of animals, especially horses)
• spay f / neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)

• rascetta, tea carts, teacarts, tear-cats

castrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of castrare
2. second-person plural imperative of castrare
3. feminine plural of castrato

• crestata
• scartate
• scattare
• scatterà
• trescata

castrāte

1. vocative singular of castrātus