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neutrois

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjutɹɑː/
  • General-American: /ˈnjutɹɑː/
  • General-American: /-tɹɔɪs/
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adj

Meaning 1

Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: genderqueer

History

Etymology

Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: sukupuoleton — chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender — see also agender
  • Japanese: ニュートロワ (nyūtorowa) — chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender — see also agender