"gelding" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gelding.wav [US] Forms: geldings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛldɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|geldyng|t=eunuch}} Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), {{der|en|non|geldingr|t=wether, eunuch}} Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), {{m|non|gelda||to castrate}} gelda (“to castrate”), {{surf|en|geld|-ing|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=to castrate}} By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gelding (plural geldings)
  1. A castrated male horse. Translations (castrated male horse): 騸馬 (Chinese Cantonese), 骟马 (sin³ maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 騸馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 骟马 (shànmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), valach [masculine] (Czech), vallak [common-gender] (Danish), ruin [masculine] (Dutch), geldingur [masculine] (Faroese), ruuna (Finnish), valakka (Finnish), hongre [masculine] (French), Wallach [masculine] (German), herélt (Hungarian), gearrán [masculine] (Irish), castrone [masculine] (Italian), 騸馬 (senba) (alt: せんば) (Japanese), cabo [masculine] (Latin), kuda kembiri (Malay), tāriana poka (Maori), hōiho poka (Maori), ᠠᠭᠳᠠ (aɣda) (Mongolian), ᠠᠭᠳᠠ ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (aɣda mori) (Mongolian), łį́į́ʼ bichoʼ ádinii (Navajo), łį́į́ʼ bichoʼ haaʼnil (Navajo), vallak [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vallak [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جرده (jorde) (Persian), wałach [masculine] (Polish), capão [masculine] (Portuguese), ме́рин (mérin) [masculine] (Russian), staig (Scots), gearran [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), valach [masculine] (Slovak), (caballo) capón [masculine] (Spanish), caballo castrado [masculine] (Spanish), valack [common-gender] (Swedish), ме́рин (méryn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hojevod (Volapük), ömjeval [obsolete] (Volapük), adfarch [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gelding-en-noun-mlv311eB Disambiguation of 'castrated male horse': 69 31
  2. Any castrated male animal. Categories (lifeform): Male animals Translations (castrated male animal): kuohittu eläin (Finnish), kastriertes Männchen [neuter] (German), verschnittenes Tier [neuter] (German), herélt (Hungarian), raho poka (Maori), castrado [masculine] (Portuguese), кастри́рованное живо́тное (kastrírovannoje živótnoje) [neuter] (Russian), вол (vol) (english: ox) [masculine] (Russian), кастра́т (kastrát) [masculine] (Russian), capón [masculine] (Spanish), honim (english: generic) (Volapük), homulud (english: mule) (Volapük), (hinny) hohinud (Volapük), hokat (english: cat) (Volapük), hodog (english: dog) (Volapük), hobub (english: ox) (Volapük), hosebrad (english: zebra) (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-gelding-en-noun-PWGr4GXM Disambiguation of Male animals: 34 55 11 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'castrated male animal': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gelding.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛldɪŋ Etymology: From geld + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|geld|ing|nocat=1}} geld + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gelding
  1. present participle and gerund of geld Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: geld Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-gelding-en-verb-zPIHnk9x Disambiguation of Horses: 12 34 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "kuohittu eläin"
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          "sense": "castrated male animal",
          "word": "herélt"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "castrated male animal",
          "word": "raho poka"
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          "sense": "castrated male animal",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kastrírovannoje živótnoje",
          "sense": "castrated male animal",
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          "english": "ox",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vol",
          "sense": "castrated male animal",
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          "roman": "kastrát",
          "sense": "castrated male animal",
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          "word": "capón"
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          "word": "honim"
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ruin"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "geldingur"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "ruuna"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "valakka"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hongre"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Wallach"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "herélt"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "castrone"
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      "alt": "せんば",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senba",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "騸馬"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "kuda kembiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "tāriana poka"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "aɣda",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "ᠠᠭᠳᠠ"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "جرده"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "staig"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gearran"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "valach"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "valack"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "méryn",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ме́рин"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "word": "hojevod"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ömjeval"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "castrated male horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "adfarch"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "kuohittu eläin"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kastriertes Männchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "verschnittenes Tier"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "herélt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "raho poka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
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      "english": "cat",
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      "sense": "castrated male animal",
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      "code": "vo",
      "english": "dog",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "hodog"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "english": "ox",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "hobub"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "zebra",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "castrated male animal",
      "word": "hosebrad"
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