Dictionary

castration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English castrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English castration From castrate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of removing the testicles.
   • The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness 2019, “A Rape of Sirens”, performed by Infant Annihilator, Alex Terrible:
   • Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 125:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Forms

Deriveds

chemical castration · immunocastration · autocastration · cashtration · hemicastration · alimentary castration · anti-castration · elastration · semicastration · castration anxiety · postcastration

Relateds

testiclectomy · desex · neuter · castrati · emasculation · geld · spay · castrate

Synonyms

orchiectomy

Translations (58)

da kastration (figurative: removal of power) · de Kastrierung (act of removing the testicles) · da kastrering (act of removing the testicles) · fi kuohiminen (act of removing the testicles) · lv kastrēšana (act of removing the testicles) · ja 去勢 (act of removing the testicles) · pt castração (act of removing the testicles) · ar إِخْصَاء (act of removing the testicles) · ml ഷണ്ഡീകരണം (act of removing the testicles) · nb kastrasjon (act of removing the testicles) · nb kastrering (act of removing the testicles) · de Hodenentfernung (act of removing the testicles) · da kastrering (figurative: removal of power) · bg обезсилване (figurative: removal of power) · ro castrare (act of removing the testicles) · cs kastrace (act of removing the testicles) · tr kastrasyon (act of removing the testicles) · nn kastrasjon (act of removing the testicles) · ca castració (act of removing the testicles) · ml വരി ഉടയ്ക്കൽ (act of removing the testicles) · kk піштіру (act of removing the testicles) · gd spothadh (act of removing the testicles) · bg кастра́ция (act of removing the testicles) · fr castration (act of removing the testicles) · tr eneme (act of removing the testicles) · el ευνουχισμός (act of removing the testicles) · ms pengembirian (act of removing the testicles) · lv kastrācija (act of removing the testicles) · ms pengasian (act of removing the testicles) · cmn 閹割 /阉割 (act of removing the testicles) · cmn 去勢 /去势 (act of removing the testicles) · he סירוס (act of removing the testicles) · fi kastraatio (act of removing the testicles) · es castración (act of removing the testicles) · it castrazione (act of removing the testicles) · el ευνουχισμός (figurative: removal of power) · nn kastrering (act of removing the testicles) · ko 거세 (act of removing the testicles) · cmn 腐刑 (act of removing the testicles) · da kastration (act of removing the testicles) · sv kastrering (act of removing the testicles) · ko 궁형 (act of removing the testicles) · ja 腐刑 (act of removing the testicles) · fi kuohinta (act of removing the testicles) · cmn 宮刑 /宫刑 (act of removing the testicles) · ja 宮刑 (act of removing the testicles) · bg скопяване (act of removing the testicles) · ro castrație (act of removing the testicles) · id pengebirian (act of removing the testicles) · nl castratie (act of removing the testicles) · ru кастра́ция (act of removing the testicles) · tr iğdiş etme (act of removing the testicles) · tr burma (act of removing the testicles) · kk тарттыру (act of removing the testicles) · fi kastrointi (act of removing the testicles) · ja 去勢 (figurative: removal of power) · vi sự thiến (act of removing the testicles) · pl kastracja (act of removing the testicles)