neutral

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹəl/
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• General-American: /ˈnuː.tɹəl/
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From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al.

246 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Arabic: مُحَايِد (muḥāyid) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Armenian: չեզոք (čʻezokʻ) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Azerbaijani: bitərəf — not taking sides in a conflict
• Bashkir: битараф (bitaraf) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Basque: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Belarusian: нейтра́льны (njejtrálʹny) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Belarusian: нэўтра́льны (newtrálʹny) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Catalan: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Chinese Mandarin: 中立 (zhōnglì) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Cornish: heptu — not taking sides in a conflict
• Cornish: hebtu — not taking sides in a conflict
• Crimean Tatar: bitaraf — not taking sides in a conflict
• Czech: neutrální — not taking sides in a conflict
• Czech: nestranný — not taking sides in a conflict
• Danish: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Dutch: neutraal — not taking sides in a conflict
• Esperanto: neŭtrala — not taking sides in a conflict
• Estonian: neutraalne — not taking sides in a conflict
• Estonian: erapooletu — not taking sides in a conflict
• Finnish: puolueeton — not taking sides in a conflict
• Finnish: liittoutumaton (nonaligned) — not taking sides in a conflict
• French: neutre — not taking sides in a conflict
• Georgian: ნეიტრალური (neiṭraluri) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Georgian: მიუმხრობელი (miumxrobeli) — not taking sides in a conflict
• German: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Hebrew: נטרלי (netrali) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Hindi: तटस्थ (taṭasth) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Hungarian: semleges — not taking sides in a conflict
• Hungarian: kívülálló — not taking sides in a conflict
• Hungarian: el nem kötelezett — not taking sides in a conflict
• Icelandic: hlutlaus — not taking sides in a conflict
• Indonesian: netral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Interlingua: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Interlingua: neutre — not taking sides in a conflict
• Italian: neutrale — not taking sides in a conflict
• Japanese: 中立の (chūritsu no) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Javanese: nétral (krama/ngoko) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Kazakh: бейтарап (beitarap) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Korean: 중립의 (jungnib-ui) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Kyrgyz: бейтарап (beytarap) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Latvian: neitrāls — not taking sides in a conflict
• Lithuanian: neutralus — not taking sides in a conflict
• Macedonian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Malay: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Māori: kūpapa — not taking sides in a conflict
• Māori: arero taiaha — not taking sides in a conflict
• Māori: tōkeke — not taking sides in a conflict
• Khiamniungan Naga: vèmvēm — not taking sides in a conflict
• Nepali: तटस्थ (taṭastha) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøytral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Persian: خُنثیٰ (xonsâ) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Persian: بیطرف (bi-taraf) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Polish: neutralny — not taking sides in a conflict
• Polish: bezstronny — not taking sides in a conflict
• Portuguese: neutro — not taking sides in a conflict
• Romanian: neutru — not taking sides in a conflict
• Romanian: imparțial — not taking sides in a conflict
• Romanian: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Russian: нейтра́льный (nejtrálʹnyj) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏утра̄лан — not taking sides in a conflict
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅutrālan — not taking sides in a conflict
• Slovak: neutrálny — not taking sides in a conflict
• Slovene: nevtralen — not taking sides in a conflict
• Spanish: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Swedish: neutral — not taking sides in a conflict
• Tajik: бетараф (betaraf) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Tatar: нейтраль (neytralʹ) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Tatar: битараф (bitaraf) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Thai: เป็นกลาง (bpen-glaang) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Turkish: nötr — not taking sides in a conflict
• Turkish: yansız — not taking sides in a conflict
• Turkish: bitaraf — not taking sides in a conflict
• Ottoman Turkish: بیطرف (bîtaraf) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Turkmen: bitarap — not taking sides in a conflict
• Ukrainian: нейтра́льний (nejtrálʹnyj) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Uyghur: بىتەرەپ (biterep) — not taking sides in a conflict
• Uzbek: betaraf — not taking sides in a conflict
• Vietnamese: trung lập — not taking sides in a conflict
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Finnish: puolueeton — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Hindi: तटस्थ (taṭasth) — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Hungarian: semleges — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Hungarian: pártatlan — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Japanese: 中立の (chūritsu no) — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Māori: ngākau tapatahi — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Māori: arero taiaha — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Māori: tōkeke — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Portuguese: neutro — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Vietnamese: trung lập — favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — neither positive nor negative
• Czech: neutrální — neither positive nor negative
• Finnish: neutraali — neither positive nor negative
• Hungarian: semleges — neither positive nor negative
• Japanese: 中性の (chūsei no) — neither positive nor negative
• Portuguese: neutro — neither positive nor negative
• Albanian: asnjanës — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Catalan: neutre — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Finnish: neutraali — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Finnish: yhdentekevä — neither beneficial nor harmful
• French: neutre — neither beneficial nor harmful
• German: neutral — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Hungarian: semleges — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Hungarian: közömbös — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Japanese: 毒にも薬にもならない (doku ni mo kusuri ni mo naranai) — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Latvian: neitrāls — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Portuguese: neutro — neither beneficial nor harmful
• Albanian: asnjanës — biology: having no sex
• Armenian: չեզոք (čʻezokʻ) — biology: having no sex
• Belarusian: бяспло́цевы (bjasplócjevy) — biology: having no sex
• Belarusian: бяспо́лы (bjaspóly) — biology: having no sex
• Bulgarian: безпо́лов (bezpólov) — biology: having no sex
• Catalan: neutre — biology: having no sex
• Chinese Mandarin: 無性 /无性 (wúxìng) — biology: having no sex
• Czech: bezpohlavní — biology: having no sex
• Dutch: geslachtloos — biology: having no sex
• Finnish: sukupuoleton — biology: having no sex
• French: neutre — biology: having no sex
• French: asexué — biology: having no sex
• German: geschlechtslos — biology: having no sex
• Greek: άφυλος (áfylos) — biology: having no sex
• Hungarian: nem nélküli — biology: having no sex
• Japanese: 無性の (musei no) — biology: having no sex
• Korean: 중성의 (jungseong-ui) — biology: having no sex
• Macedonian: бесполен (bespolen) — biology: having no sex
• Macedonian: среден (sreden) — biology: having no sex
• Polish: bezpłciowy — biology: having no sex
• Russian: беспо́лый (bespólyj) — biology: having no sex
• Slovak: bezpohlavný — biology: having no sex
• Ukrainian: безстате́вий (bezstatévyj) — biology: having no sex
• Albanian: neutral — having no obvious colour
• Catalan: neutre — having no obvious colour
• Finnish: neutraali — having no obvious colour
• Finnish: neutraalin värinen — having no obvious colour
• German: neutral — having no obvious colour
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — having no obvious colour
• Hungarian: semleges — having no obvious colour
• Italian: neutro — having no obvious colour
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøytral — having no obvious colour
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytral — having no obvious colour
• Romanian: șters — having no obvious colour
• Romanian: cenușiu — having no obvious colour
• Albanian: asnjanës — physics: possessing no charge
• Armenian: չեզոք (čʻezokʻ) — physics: possessing no charge
• Bulgarian: неутрален (neutralen) — physics: possessing no charge
• Catalan: neutre — physics: possessing no charge
• Chinese Mandarin: 不帶電 /不带电 (bùdàidiàn) — physics: possessing no charge
• Finnish: sähkövaraukseton — physics: possessing no charge
• Finnish: neutraali — physics: possessing no charge
• French: neutre — physics: possessing no charge
• German: neutral — physics: possessing no charge
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — physics: possessing no charge
• Hindi: उदासीन (udāsīn) — physics: possessing no charge
• Hungarian: semleges — physics: possessing no charge
• Hungarian: nulla — physics: possessing no charge
• Hungarian: null- — physics: possessing no charge
• Italian: neutro — physics: possessing no charge
• Northern Kurdish: nêtar — physics: possessing no charge
• Latvian: neitrāls — physics: possessing no charge
• Macedonian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — physics: possessing no charge
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøytral — physics: possessing no charge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytral — physics: possessing no charge
• Portuguese: neutro — physics: possessing no charge
• Romanian: neutru — physics: possessing no charge
• Albanian: neutral — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Catalan: neutre — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Chinese Mandarin: 中性 (zhōngxìng) — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Dutch: neutraal — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Dutch: onzijdig — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Finnish: neutraali — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• French: neutre — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• German: neutral — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Hindi: उदासीन (udāsīn) — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Hungarian: semleges — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Italian: neutro — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Italian: neutrale — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Japanese: 中性の (chūsei no) — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Northern Kurdish: nêtar — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Latvian: neitrāls — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Māori: ngū — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Māori: ruhi — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøytral — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytral — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Portuguese: neutro — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Romanian: neutru — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Spanish: neutro — chemistry: neither acidic nor alkaline
• Bulgarian: неутра́лен (neutrálen) — (role-playing games) aligned between two notable possibilities
• Catalan: neutral — (role-playing games) aligned between two notable possibilities
• Spanish: neutral — (role-playing games) aligned between two notable possibilities
• Bulgarian: неутрална държава (neutralna dǎržava) — nonaligned state
• Chinese Mandarin: 中立國 /中立国 (zhōnglìguó) — nonaligned state
• Finnish: puolueeton valtio — nonaligned state
• German: neutraler Staat — nonaligned state
• Greek: ουδέτερη χώρα (oudéteri chóra) — nonaligned state
• Hindi: तटस्थ (taṭasth) — nonaligned state
• Hungarian: semleges/el nem kötelezett állam/ország — nonaligned state
• Portuguese: neutro — nonaligned state
• Romanian: stat neutru — nonaligned state
• Romanian: stat nealiniat — nonaligned state
• Spanish: neutral — nonaligned state
• Finnish: puolueeton — person who takes no side in a dispute
• German: Neutraler — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Hindi: तटस्थ (taṭasth) — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Hungarian: kívülálló — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Macedonian: неутра́лец (neutrálec) — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Portuguese: neutro — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Romanian: persoană neutră — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Spanish: neutral — person who takes no side in a dispute
• Finnish: neutraali sävy — neutral hue
• Greek: ουδέτερος (oudéteros) — neutral hue
• Hungarian: semleges szín/árnyalat/színárnyalat — neutral hue
• Irish: neodrach — neutral hue
• Arabic: نُقْطَة الْعَطَالَة (nuqṭat al-ʕaṭāla) — position of gears
• Bulgarian: неутрално положение (neutralno položenie) — position of gears
• Catalan: punt mort — position of gears
• Chinese Mandarin: 空擋 /空挡 (kōngdǎng) — position of gears
• Finnish: vapaa — position of gears
• French: point mort — position of gears
• German: Leerlauf — position of gears
• German: Leerlaufstellung — position of gears
• German: Ruhelage — position of gears
• Greek: νεκρό (nekró) — position of gears
• Hungarian: üresjárat — position of gears
• Hungarian: üres — position of gears
• Italian: folle — position of gears
• Macedonian: лер (ler) — position of gears
• Polish: luz — position of gears
• Portuguese: ponto morto — position of gears
• Russian: нейтра́льное (nejtrálʹnoje) — position of gears
• Spanish: punto muerto — position of gears
• Spanish: punto neutral — position of gears
• Bulgarian: нула (nula) — electrical terminal
• Finnish: nolla — electrical terminal
• Finnish: nollajohdin — electrical terminal
• Hungarian: nulla — electrical terminal
• Italian: neutro — electrical terminal
• Romanian: conductor neutru — electrical terminal
• Romanian: bornă neutră — electrical terminal