gelding

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From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

From geld + -ing.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 騸馬 /骟马 (sin3 maa5) — castrated male horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 騸馬 /骟马 (shànmǎ) — castrated male horse
• Czech: valach — castrated male horse
• Danish: vallak — castrated male horse
• Dutch: ruin — castrated male horse
• Faroese: geldingur — castrated male horse
• Finnish: ruuna — castrated male horse
• Finnish: valakka — castrated male horse
• French: hongre — castrated male horse
• German: Wallach — castrated male horse
• Hungarian: herélt — castrated male horse
• Hungarian: paripa — castrated male horse
• Irish: gearrán — castrated male horse
• Italian: castrone — castrated male horse
• Japanese: 騸馬 (senba) — castrated male horse
• Latin: cabo — castrated male horse
• Malay: kuda kembiri — castrated male horse
• Māori: tāriana poka — castrated male horse
• Māori: hōiho poka — castrated male horse
• Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠳᠠ (aɣda) — castrated male horse
• Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠳᠠ ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (aɣda mori) — castrated male horse
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bikąʼii — castrated male horse
• Norwegian Bokmål: vallak — castrated male horse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vallak — castrated male horse
• Persian: جرده (jorde) — castrated male horse
• Polish: wałach — castrated male horse
• Portuguese: capão — castrated male horse
• Russian: ме́рин (mérin) — castrated male horse
• Scots: staig — castrated male horse
• Scottish Gaelic: gearran — castrated male horse
• Slovak: valach — castrated male horse
• Spanish: caballo castrado — castrated male horse
• Swedish: valack — castrated male horse
• Turkish: beygir — castrated male horse
• Turkish: iğdiş — castrated male horse
• Ukrainian: ме́рин (méryn) — castrated male horse
• Volapük: hojevod — castrated male horse
• Volapük: ömjeval — castrated male horse
• Welsh: adfarch — castrated male horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 閹割動物 /阉割动物 (yāngē dòngwù) — castrated male animal
• Finnish: kuohittu eläin — castrated male animal
• German: kastriertes Männchen — castrated male animal
• German: verschnittenes Tier — castrated male animal
• Hungarian: herélt — castrated male animal
• Māori: raho poka — castrated male animal
• Portuguese: castrado — castrated male animal
• Russian: кастри́рованное живо́тное (kastrírovannoje živótnoje) — castrated male animal
• Russian: вол (vol) — castrated male animal
• Russian: кастра́т (kastrát) — castrated male animal
• Volapük: honim — castrated male animal
• Volapük: homulud — castrated male animal
• Volapük: (hinny) hohinud — castrated male animal
• Volapük: hokat — castrated male animal
• Volapük: hodog — castrated male animal
• Volapük: hobub — castrated male animal
• Volapük: hosebrad — castrated male animal