neuter

/ˈnuːtə/NOO-tur

/ˈnutɚ/NOO-tur

Meaningneither

Common meaning: neither male nor female

neutnot either of a pairLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1204 · scan
eragent ending: one who

Journey through time

Latinneuter, -tra, -trum‘not either of a pair’
Englishneuter‘neither male nor female’ · today

neut also in: neutral

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

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Origin: Built on Latin neuter ‘not either of a pair’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry neuter, p. 1204 · dictionary scan

Roots

neuter, -tra, -trum Latin “not either of a pair”

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