neutro

See also: neutró

Galician

Adjective

neutro (feminine neutra, masculine plural neutros, feminine plural neutras)

1. neuter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛw.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛwtro
• Hyphenation: nèu‧tro

Adjective

neutro (feminine neutra, masculine plural neutri, feminine plural neutre)

1. neutral (in all senses)
2. neuter

Anagrams

• ruteno, unterò, untore, urtone

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯.troː/, [ˈnɛu̯t̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯.tro/, [ˈnɛːu̯t̪ro]

Adverb

neutrō (not comparable)

1. to neither side, neither way

Etymology 2

Adjective

neutrō

1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of neuter

References

• neutro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Neapolitan

Adjective

neutro (feminine neutra, plural neutre)

1. (grammar) neuter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnew.tɾu/ [ˈneʊ̯.tɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnew.tɾu/ [ˈneʊ̯.tɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnew.tɾo/ [ˈneʊ̯.tɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnew.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: neu‧tro

Adjective

neutro (feminine neutra, masculine plural neutros, feminine plural neutras)

1. (politics) neutral (not taking sides in a conflict such as war)
2. (grammar) neuter

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:neutro.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin neuter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneutɾo/ [ˈneu̯.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eutɾo
• Syllabification: neu‧tro

Adjective

neutro (feminine neutra, masculine plural neutros, feminine plural neutras)

1. neuter (neither the one thing nor the other)
2. (grammar) neuter (having a form which is neither masculine nor feminine)
3. (politics) neutral (not taking sides in a conflict)

   Synonym: neutral

4. (physics) neutral (neither positive nor negative)
5. (chemistry) neutral (having a pH near 7)
6. neutered (lacking sexual organs)

Derived terms

• abeja neutra
• elemento neutro

 

Related terms

• neutral

 

Further reading

• “neutro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28