different between castratism vs castrato

English

Etymology

castrate +? -ism

Noun

castratism (uncountable)

1. Prepubescent castration.
   1. The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.

Related terms

• castrate
• castration
• castrato
• eunuch
• prepubescent
• sterilize

Anagrams

• scam artist

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