Neuter
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adjective
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verb
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(As an adjective)
Neuter ( adjective )
- Having no evident sex or sex organs.
- Not having qualities typically associated with either sex, especially having no ability to reproduce sexually.
Origin:
From middle english neuter, from old french neutre, from latin nēuter, from nē- ("not") + uter ("either"). the sense of "not having or producing sexual organs" is from the latin sense of "not either", from the perception of sex as being binary.
Examples:
- The flowers of this plant are neuter, meaning they do not have either male or female reproductive structures.
- Insects with neuter social structures are more likely to maintain stable populations and increase their overall fitness.
- The neuter pronoun 'it' is used to refer to inanimate objects and animals.
- Neuter mice were found to have a lower susceptibility to certain types of cancers.
- The neuter gender in grammar refers to words that do not have a gender, such as 'table' in French.
(As a verb)
Neuter ( verb )
- Having no evident sex or sex organs.
- Not having qualities typically associated with either sex, especially having no ability to reproduce sexually.
Origin:
From middle english neuter, from old french neutre, from latin nēuter, from nē- ("not") + uter ("either"). the sense of "not having or producing sexual organs" is from the latin sense of "not either", from the perception of sex as being binary.
Examples:
- The flowers of this plant are neuter, meaning they do not have either male or female reproductive structures.
- Insects with neuter social structures are more likely to maintain stable populations and increase their overall fitness.
- The neuter pronoun 'it' is used to refer to inanimate objects and animals.
- Neuter mice were found to have a lower susceptibility to certain types of cancers.
- The neuter gender in grammar refers to words that do not have a gender, such as 'table' in French.