eunuch

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) Proto-Indo-European *seǵh-der. Proto-Hellenic *hékhō Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō) Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)bor. Latin eunūchusder. Middle English eunuk English eunuch From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: eunuk — castrated man
• Arabic: خَصِيّ (ḵaṣiyy) — castrated man
• Arabic: مَخْصِيّ (maḵṣiyy) — castrated man
• Armenian: ներքինի (nerkʻini) — castrated man
• Azerbaijani: xədim — castrated man
• Belarusian: е́ўнух (jéwnux) — castrated man
• Belarusian: скапе́ц (skapjéc) — castrated man
• Belarusian: кастра́т (kastrát) — castrated man
• Belarusian: лягча́нец (ljahčánjec) — castrated man
• Bulgarian: скопе́ц (skopéc) — castrated man
• Catalan: eunuc — castrated man
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹人 /阉人 (yānrén) — castrated man
• Chinese Mandarin: 公公 (gōnggong) — castrated man
• Chinese Mandarin: 宦官 (huànguān) — castrated man
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹宦 /阉宦 (yānhuàn) — castrated man
• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ (siour) — castrated man
• Czech: eunuch — castrated man
• Czech: kastrát — castrated man
• Czech: kleštěnec — castrated man
• Danish: eunuk — castrated man
• Dutch: eunuch — castrated man
• Dutch: castraat — castrated man
• Esperanto: kastrito — castrated man
• Finnish: eunukki — castrated man
• Finnish: ruuna — castrated man
• French: eunuque — castrated man
• French: castrat — castrated man
• German: Eunuch — castrated man
• German: Kastrat — castrated man
• Greek: ευνούχος (evnoúchos) — castrated man
• Ancient Greek: εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos) — castrated man
• Ancient Greek: σπάδων (spádōn) — castrated man
• Hebrew: סָרִיס (sarís) — castrated man
• Hindi: हिजड़ा (hijṛā) — castrated man
• Hungarian: eunuch — castrated man
• Icelandic: geldingur — castrated man
• Ido: eunuko — castrated man
• Irish: coillteán — castrated man
• Italian: eunuco — castrated man
• Jeju: 고제 (goje) — castrated man
• Kazakh: әтек (ätek) — castrated man
• Korean: 고자 (goja) — castrated man
• Latin: spadō — castrated man
• Latin: eunuchus — castrated man
• Latin: thlasias — castrated man
• Lithuanian: kastrãtas — castrated man
• Macedonian: евнух (evnuh) — castrated man
• Macedonian: скопец (skopec) — castrated man
• Malay: sida-sida — castrated man
• Māori: unaka — castrated man
• Mongolian: тайган (tajgan) — castrated man
• Norwegian Bokmål: evnukk — castrated man
• Norwegian Nynorsk: evnukk — castrated man
• Occitan: eunuc — castrated man
• Old English: belisnod — castrated man
• Persian: خواجه (xwâje) — castrated man
• Polish: eunuch — castrated man
• Polish: kastrat — castrated man
• Polish: rzezaniec — castrated man
• Polish: trzebieniec — castrated man
• Portuguese: eunuco — castrated man
• Russian: е́внух (jévnux) — castrated man
• Russian: скопе́ц (skopéc) — castrated man
• Russian: кастра́т (kastrát) — castrated man
• Sanskrit: अक्षत (akṣata) — castrated man
• Serbo-Croatian: eunuh — castrated man
• Spanish: eunuco — castrated man
• Swedish: eunuck — castrated man
• Tagalog: bating — castrated man
• Tagalog: eunuko — castrated man
• Thai: ชันที — castrated man
• Tibetan: ཉུག་རུམ (nyug rum) — castrated man
• Turkish: hadım — castrated man
• Turkish: husyesiz — castrated man
• Ukrainian: є́внух (jévnux) — castrated man
• Ukrainian: скопе́ць (skopécʹ) — castrated man
• Ukrainian: кастра́т (kastrát) — castrated man
• Volapük: homen — castrated man
• Walloon: unuke — castrated man
• Yoruba: òkóbó — castrated man
• Yoruba: ìwẹ̀fà — castrated man
• Yoruba: ọyà — castrated man
• Armenian: ներքինի (nerkʻini) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Azerbaijani: hərəmağası — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Belarusian: е́ўнух (jéwnux) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Bulgarian: е́внух (évnuh) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹人 /阉人 (yānrén) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Chinese Mandarin: 太監 /太监 (tàijiàn) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Chinese Mandarin: 宦官 (huànguān) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Chinese Mandarin: 寺人 (sìrén) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹宦 /阉宦 (yānhuàn) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Czech: kastrát — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Czech: eunuch — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Dutch: eunuch — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Esperanto: eŭnuko — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Finnish: eunukki — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• French: eunuque — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• German: Eunuch — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Greek: ευνούχος (evnoúchos) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Hebrew: סָרִיס (sarís) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Hindi: हिजड़ा (hijṛā) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Hungarian: eunuch — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Italian: eunuco — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Japanese: 宦官 (kangan) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Kazakh: әтек (ätek) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Korean: 환관 (hwan'gwan) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Korean: 내시 (naesi) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Lithuanian: eunùchas — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Māori: unaka — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Mongolian: тайган (tajgan) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Persian: خواجه (xwâje) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Polish: eunuch — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Portuguese: eunuco — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Russian: е́внух (jévnux) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Spanish: eunuco — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Swedish: eunuck — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Thai: ขันที (kǎn-tii) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Turkish: haremağası — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Ukrainian: є́внух (jévnux) — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state
• Yoruba: ìwẹ̀fà — such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state