Castration

//kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "castration" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (6)

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Translations

58 translations across 31 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • إِخْصَاء noun (act of removing the testicles)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • кастра́ция noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • обезсилване noun (figurative: removal of power)
  • скопяване noun (act of removing the testicles)

Catalan

1 entries
  • castració noun (act of removing the testicles)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 去勢 /去势 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 宮刑 /宫刑 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 腐刑 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 閹割 /阉割 noun (act of removing the testicles)

Czech

1 entries
  • kastrace noun (act of removing the testicles)

Danish

4 entries
  • kastration noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastration noun (figurative: removal of power)
  • kastrering noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrering noun (figurative: removal of power)

Dutch

1 entries
  • castratie noun (act of removing the testicles)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kastraatio noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrointi noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kuohiminen noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kuohinta noun (act of removing the testicles)

French

1 entries
  • castration noun (act of removing the testicles)

German

2 entries
  • Hodenentfernung noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • Kastrierung noun (act of removing the testicles)

Greek

2 entries
  • ευνουχισμός noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • ευνουχισμός noun (figurative: removal of power)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סירוס noun (act of removing the testicles)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pengebirian noun (act of removing the testicles)

Italian

1 entries
  • castrazione noun (act of removing the testicles)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 去勢 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 去勢 noun (figurative: removal of power)
  • 宮刑 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 腐刑 noun (act of removing the testicles)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • піштіру noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • тарттыру noun (act of removing the testicles)

Korean

2 entries
  • 거세 noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • 궁형 noun (act of removing the testicles)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kastrācija noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrēšana noun (act of removing the testicles)

Malay

2 entries
  • pengasian noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • pengembirian noun (act of removing the testicles)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • വരി ഉടയ്ക്കൽ noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • ഷണ്ഡീകരണം noun (act of removing the testicles)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kastrasjon noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrering noun (act of removing the testicles)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kastrasjon noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrering noun (act of removing the testicles)

Polish

1 entries
  • kastracja noun (act of removing the testicles)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • castração noun (act of removing the testicles)

Romanian

2 entries
  • castrare noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • castrație noun (act of removing the testicles)

Russian

1 entries
  • кастра́ция noun (act of removing the testicles)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • spothadh noun (act of removing the testicles)

Spanish

1 entries
  • castración noun (act of removing the testicles)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kastrering noun (act of removing the testicles)

Turkish

4 entries
  • burma noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • eneme noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • iğdiş etme noun (act of removing the testicles)
  • kastrasyon noun (act of removing the testicles)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự thiến noun (act of removing the testicles)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.

Source: tatoeba (426674)

The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.

Source: tatoeba (649686)

Chemical castration could cause cancer.

Source: tatoeba (11364140)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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