different between testicle vs castrate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?s?t?-k?l, IPA^(key): /?t?st?k?l/

Noun

testicle (plural testicles)

1. The male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.

Synonyms

• testis (medical)
• orchis (medical)
• ball (perhaps vulgar)
• bollock (perhaps alteration of "ballock")
• lamb fries (culinary)
• See also Thesaurus:testicles

Hypernyms

• genitals

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• scrotum
• bulla
• bull
• bullock

Anagrams

• telestic

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin testicle, diminutive of testis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t?s?ti.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tes?ti.kle/

Noun

testicle m (plural testicles)

1. testicle

Related terms

• testicular

Further reading

• “testicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “testicle” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “testicle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “testicle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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