castration

English

Etymology

castrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kæˈstɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)

The act of removing the testicles.
(figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Derived terms

chemical castration

Related terms

Translations

act of removing the testicles

Arabic: إِخْصَاء‎ m (ʾiḵṣāʾ)
Bulgarian: кастра́ция f (kastrácija), скопяване n (skopjavane)
Catalan: castració f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宮刑 (zh), 宫刑 (zh) (gōngxíng), 去勢 (zh), 去势 (zh) (qùshì), 閹割 (zh), 阉割 (zh) (yāngē)
Czech: kastrace (cs) f
Dutch: castratie (nl) f
Finnish: kastraatio (fi), kastrointi (fi), kuohinta (fi), kuohiminen (fi)
French: castration (fr) f
German: Kastrierung f, Hodenentfernung f
Greek: ευνουχισμός (el) m (evnouchismós)
Hebrew: סירוס‎ m (sirus')
Indonesian: pengebirian (id)
Italian: castrazione (it) f

Japanese: 去勢 (ja) (kyosei), 宮刑 (kyūkei)
Korean: 거세 (geose) (去勢 (ko))
Latvian: kastrācija f, kastrēšana f
Malay: pengasian, pengembirian
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kastrasjon m, kastrering m or f

Nynorsk: kastrasjon m, kastrering f
Portuguese: castração (pt) f
Russian: кастра́ция (ru) f (kastrácija)
Scottish Gaelic: spothadh m
Spanish: castración (es) f
Swedish: kastrering c
Vietnamese: sự thiến (vi)

figurative: removal of power

Bulgarian: обезсилване (bg) n (obezsilvane)
Greek: ευνουχισμός (el) m (evnouchismós)

Japanese: 去勢 (ja) (kyosei)

See also

Anagrams

action star, arctations

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

castration f (plural castrations)

castration

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