different between castrate vs castrato

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

Etymology

From Italian castrato, from Latin castr? (“to castrate”), likely from caed? (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?strä?t?, IPA^(key): /kæs?t???.t??/
• Hyphenation: cas?tra?to

Noun

castrato (plural castratos or castrati)

1. A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
2. A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.

Translations

Adjective

castrato (not comparable)

1. (literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
2. Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
3. Originally composed for a castrato.

   Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.

Related terms

• castrate
• castratism

Translations

See also

• contratenor
• contratenor altus
• countertenor
• eunuch
• sopranista
• soprano

Anagrams

• coast rat, crostata

Italian

Etymology

From Latin castr?tus.

Verb

castrato m (feminine singular castrata, masculine plural castrati, feminine plural castrate)

1. past participle of castrare

Adjective

castrato (feminine castrata, masculine plural castrati, feminine plural castrate)

1. castrated, gelded, neutered

Noun

castrato m (plural castrati)

1. wether
2. mutton

Anagrams

• crostata
• scartato
• scortata

Latin

Noun

castr?t?

1. dative singular of castr?tus
2. ablative singular of castr?tus