Gelding

English

Etymology

From Old Norse geldingr, from gelda (“‘to castrate’”), whence also English geld (Etymology 2).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛldɪŋ

Noun

Singular Gelding

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Gelding ({{{1}}})

1. a castrated male horse
2. any castrated male animal
3. (archaic) a eunuch

Translations

castrated male horse

Czech: valach cs(cs) m. Dutch: ruin nl(nl) m. Finnish: ruuna fi(fi) French: hongre fr(fr) m. German: Wallach de(de) m. Hungarian: herélt hu(hu) Japanese: 騸馬 ja(ja) (せんば, semba)

Maori: tāriana poka Polish: wałach m. Portuguese: capão pt(pt) m. Russian: мерин ru(ru) (m'érin) m. Scots: staig Scottish Gaelic: gearran gd(gd) m.

castrated male animal

Hungarian: herélt hu(hu)

Portuguese: castrado pt(pt) m.

eunuch

Verb

gelding

1. Present participle of geld.

Anagrams

• deggiln,
• niggled

de:gelding et:gelding fr:gelding io:gelding pl:gelding ru:gelding simple:gelding fi:gelding ta:gelding te:gelding vi:gelding zh:gelding