"castrato" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-castrato.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: kăsträʹtō Etymology: From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|castrato}} Italian castrato, {{der|en|la|castrō||to castrate}} Latin castrō (“to castrate”), {{m|la|caedō||to cut}} caedō (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} castrato (not comparable)
  1. (literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. Tags: literally, not-comparable Translations (adjective: castrated): gecastreerd (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-castrato-en-adj-VvaixSqD Disambiguation of 'adjective: castrated': 85 10 5
  2. Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun). Tags: not-comparable Translations (having, using or containing the voice of a castrato): castraat- (Dutch), castrato- (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-castrato-en-adj-UY2OLP2g Disambiguation of 'having, using or containing the voice of a castrato': 5 88 7
  3. Originally composed for a castrato. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-castrato-en-adj-b-F0q3-2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: castrate, castratism, contratenor, contratenor altus, countertenor, eunuch, sopranista, soprano

Noun

IPA: /kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-castrato.wav [Southern-England] Forms: castratos [plural], castrati [plural]
enPR: kăsträʹtō Etymology: From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|castrato}} Italian castrato, {{der|en|la|castrō||to castrate}} Latin castrō (“to castrate”), {{m|la|caedō||to cut}} caedō (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|castrati}} 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. Categories (topical): People Translations (male who has been castrated): евнух (evnuh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кастрат (kastrat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), castraat [masculine] (Dutch), gecastreerde [masculine] (Dutch), Kastrat [masculine] (German), εκτομίας (ektomías) [masculine] (Greek), カストラート (kasutorāto) (Japanese), eunuch [masculine] (Polish), kastrat [masculine] (Polish), rzezaniec [masculine] (Polish), trzebieniec [masculine] (Polish), castrado [masculine] (Spanish), kastrat [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-castrato-en-noun-BAo7f4A9 Disambiguation of People: 1 0 0 53 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 13 4 47 16 Disambiguation of 'male who has been castrated': 68 32
  2. A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer. Categories (topical): Musical voices and registers, People Translations (male soprano or alto voice; the singer): 閹伶 (Chinese Mandarin), 阉伶 (yānlíng) (Chinese Mandarin), castraat [masculine] (Dutch), castrato (Dutch), castraatzanger [masculine] (Dutch), castrat [masculine] (French), Kastrat [masculine] (German), καστράτος (kastrátos) [masculine] (Greek), castrato [masculine] (Italian), カストラート (kasutorāto) (Japanese), kastrat [masculine] (Polish), castrado [masculine] (Spanish), kastratsångare [common-gender] (Swedish), kastrat [common-gender] (Swedish), kastrato (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-castrato-en-noun-UUUo40aw Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 12 8 3 22 54 Disambiguation of People: 1 0 0 53 46 Disambiguation of 'male soprano or alto voice; the singer': 22 78

Inflected forms

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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer."
      ],
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        [
          "soprano",
          "soprano"
        ],
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          "alto",
          "alto"
        ],
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          "castration",
          "castration"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kăsträʹtō"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "evnuh",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "евнух"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kastrat",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кастрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gecastreerde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektomías",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκτομίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasutorāto",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "word": "カストラート"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eunuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rzezaniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trzebieniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male who has been castrated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "word": "閹伶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yānlíng",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "word": "阉伶"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "word": "castrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castraatzanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kastrátos",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καστράτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasutorāto",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "word": "カストラート"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kastratsångare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kastrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "male soprano or alto voice; the singer",
      "word": "kastrato"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "castrato"
  ],
  "word": "castrato"
}

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    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Japanese translations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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    "en:People"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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    }
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        "1": "-"
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    "cas‧tra‧to"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "castrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "castratism"
    },
    {
      "word": "contratenor"
    },
    {
      "word": "contratenor altus"
    },
    {
      "word": "countertenor"
    },
    {
      "word": "eunuch"
    },
    {
      "word": "sopranista"
    },
    {
      "word": "soprano"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Originally composed for a castrato."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kăsträʹtō"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "adjective: castrated",
      "word": "gecastreerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having, using or containing the voice of a castrato",
      "word": "castraat-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having, using or containing the voice of a castrato",
      "word": "castrato-"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "castrato"
  ],
  "word": "castrato"
}

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