castration

English

Etymology

castrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæˈstɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)

1. The act of removing the testicles.
2. (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Derived terms

• chemical castration

Related terms

• castrate
• castrati

Translations

act of removing the testicles

• Arabic: إِخْصَاء m (ʔiḵṣāʔ)
• Bulgarian: кастра́ция f (kastrácija), скопяване n (skopjavane)
• Catalan: castració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宮刑／宫刑 (zh) (gōngxíng), 宫刑 (zh) (gōngxíng), 去勢／去势 (zh) (qùshì), 去势 (zh) (qùshì), 閹割／阉割 (zh) (yāngē), 阉割 (zh) (yāngē)

• Czech: kastrace (cs) f
• Danish: kastrering c, kastration (da) c
• Dutch: castratie (nl) f
• Finnish: kastraatio (fi), kastrointi (fi), kuohinta (fi), kuohiminen (fi)
• French: castration (fr) f
• German: Kastrierung f, Hodenentfernung f
• Greek: ευνουχισμός (el) m (evnouchismós)
• Hebrew: סירוס m (sirus')
• Indonesian: pengebirian (id)
• Italian: castrazione (it) f
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• Japanese: 去勢 (ja) (kyosei), 宮刑 (kyūkei)
• Korean: 거세 (geose) (去勢 (ko))
• Latvian: kastrācija f, kastrēšana f
• Malay: pengasian, pengembirian
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kastrasjon m, kastrering m or f

  Nynorsk: kastrasjon m, kastrering f

• Portuguese: castração (pt) f
• Russian: кастра́ция (ru) f (kastrácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: spothadh m
• Spanish: castración (es) f
• Swedish: kastrering c
• Vietnamese: sự thiến (vi)

figurative: removal of power

• Bulgarian: обезсилване (bg) n (obezsilvane)
• Danish: kastrering c, kastration (da) c
• Greek: ευνουχισμός (el) m (evnouchismós)
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• Japanese: 去勢 (ja) (kyosei)

See also

• desex
• geld
• neuter
• spay

Anagrams

• action star, arctations

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Pronunciation

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Noun

castration f (plural castrations)

1. castration