different between castrate vs lapin

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

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin (plural lapins)

1. Rabbit fur.
2. A castrated male rabbit.

Anagrams

• Aplin, Lipan, Palin, Pinal, Plain, in lap, plain, plani-

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap?n/

Noun

lapin ?

1. rabbit

Synonyms

• konikl
• koulin

French

Etymology

Alteration of lapereau, with change of suffix after connin, a word it replaced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.p??/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /la.p?/

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

1. rabbit

Synonyms

• connil (dated, literary)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lapin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• alpin
• plain

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin m (invariable)

1. rabbit skin or fur

See also

• coniglio

Anagrams

• plani

Middle French

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

1. rabbit

Descendants

• French: lapin

Norman

Alternative forms

• lapîn (Jersey)

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin.

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

1. (Guernsey) rabbit

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?pi?/

Noun

lapin m

1. rabbit