gelding en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
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A castrated male horse.
Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2022:
- Any castrated male animal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| geldings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (56)
cmn 騸馬 /骟马 (castrated male horse) · ga gearrán (castrated male horse) · mi tāriana poka (castrated male horse) · fi ruuna (castrated male horse) · nb vallak (castrated male horse) · vo hojevod (castrated male horse) · pt capão (castrated male horse) · sk valach (castrated male horse) · de verschnittenes Tier (castrated male animal) · it castrone (castrated male horse) · cmn 閹割動物 /阉割动物 (castrated male animal) · hu herélt (castrated male animal) · gd gearran (castrated male horse) · yue 騸馬 /骟马 (castrated male horse) · vo hodog (castrated male animal) · de kastriertes Männchen (castrated male animal) · ja 騸馬 (castrated male horse) · uk ме́рин (castrated male horse) · pl wałach (castrated male horse) · fa جرده (castrated male horse) · ms kuda kembiri (castrated male horse) · de Wallach (castrated male horse) · mi hōiho poka (castrated male horse) · ru кастри́рованное живо́тное (castrated male animal) · fo geldingur (castrated male horse) · mn ᠠᠭᠳᠠ ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (castrated male horse) · vo (hinny) hohinud (castrated male animal) · vo honim (castrated male animal) · nn vallak (castrated male horse) · ru вол (castrated male animal) · vo hobub (castrated male animal) · cy adfarch (castrated male horse) · tr beygir (castrated male horse) · da vallak (castrated male horse) · vo hokat (castrated male animal) · mn ᠠᠭᠳᠠ (castrated male horse) · mi raho poka (castrated male animal) · nl ruin (castrated male horse) · pt castrado (castrated male animal) · tr iğdiş (castrated male horse) · vo ömjeval (castrated male horse) · vo homulud (castrated male animal) · fr hongre (castrated male horse) · sv valack (castrated male horse) · cs valach (castrated male horse) · vo hosebrad (castrated male animal) · hu herélt (castrated male horse) · hu paripa (castrated male horse) · es caballo castrado (castrated male horse) · fi valakka (castrated male horse) · fi kuohittu eläin (castrated male animal) · sco staig (castrated male horse) · nv łį́į́ʼ bikąʼii (castrated male horse) · ru ме́рин (castrated male horse) · la cabo (castrated male horse) · ru кастра́т (castrated male animal)