different between castrate vs caponize

English

Etymology 1

From Latin castr?tus, past participle of castr?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæs.t?e?t/

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From the past participle stem of Latin castr?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæs.t?e?t/, /kæs?t?e?t/

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• 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)

Hyponyms

• emasculate

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• rascetta, tea carts, teacarts, tear-cats

Italian

Verb

castrate

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

Anagrams

• crestata
• scartate
• scattare
• scatterà
• trescata

Latin

Noun

castr?te

1. vocative singular of castr?tus

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca?pon?ize

Etymology

capon +? -ize.

Verb

caponize (third-person singular simple present caponizes, present participle caponizing, simple past and past participle caponized)

1. (transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.

Derived terms

• caponizer

Translations