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gelder

/ˈɡeldə/GEL-dur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡɛldɚ/GEL-dur

Meaningone who gelds

Common meaning: a person who castrates animals

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Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)gelda‘to castrate’source
  2. Middle Englishgeldensource
  3. Englishgeld‘to castrate’
  4. Englishformed in English from geldgelder‘a person who castrates animals’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from geld + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GELD, p.230 · scan

Source words

  • gelda Old Norse (Icelandic) · source word “barren”

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