Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - neuter
Neuter
neuter
adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 Gram. (of a noun etc.) neither masculine nor feminine. 2 (of a plant) having neither pistils nor stamen. 3 (of an insect) sexually undeveloped. --n. 1 Gram. a neuter word. 2 a a non-fertile insect, esp. a worker bee or ant. b a castrated animal. --v.tr. castrate or spay. Etymology: ME f. OF neutre or L neuter neither f. ne- not + uter either
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I. adjective see: no Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine, neither active nor passive ; intransitive, taking no side ; neutral, lacking or having imperfectly developed or nonfunctional generative organs , II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the ~ gender, the ~ gender, one that is neutral, 3. worker 2, a spayed or castrated animal, III. transitive verb Date: 1903 castrate, alter, to remove the force or effectiveness of ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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