castrato

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From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кастриран (kastriran) — adjective: castrated
• Dutch: gecastreerd — adjective: castrated
• Dutch: castraat- — having, using or containing the voice of a castrato
• Dutch: castrato- — having, using or containing the voice of a castrato
• Bulgarian: евнух (evnuh) — male who has been castrated
• Bulgarian: кастрат (kastrat) — male who has been castrated
• Dutch: castraat — male who has been castrated
• Dutch: gecastreerde — male who has been castrated
• German: Kastrat — male who has been castrated
• Greek: εκτομίας (ektomías) — male who has been castrated
• Japanese: カストラート (kasutorāto) — male who has been castrated
• Polish: eunuch — male who has been castrated
• Polish: kastrat — male who has been castrated
• Polish: rzezaniec — male who has been castrated
• Polish: trzebieniec — male who has been castrated
• Spanish: castrado — male who has been castrated
• Swedish: kastrat — male who has been castrated
• Bulgarian: кастрат (kastrat) — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹伶 /阉伶 (yānlíng) — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Dutch: castraat — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Dutch: castrato — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Dutch: castraatzanger — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• French: castrat — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• German: Kastrat — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Greek: καστράτος (kastrátos) — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Italian: castrato — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Japanese: カストラート (kasutorāto) — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Polish: kastrat — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Spanish: castrado — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Swedish: kastratsångare — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Swedish: kastrat — male soprano or alto voice; the singer
• Turkish: kastrato — male soprano or alto voice; the singer