neuter
adjective/ˈnjuːtə(r)/
/ˈnuːtər/
(grammar)- (in some languages) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose gender is not feminine or masculine
- The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNeuter is used with these nouns:- noun
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.Definitions on the go
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