eunuch

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von eunuch im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

{i} hadım

çekingen

haremağası

Relevante Übersetzungen

chief white eunuch

(Tarih) kapı ağası

eunuchism

(Tıp) Hadımlık

eunuchs

(Tıp) enük

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von eunuch im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Referring to a castrato, or boy castrated to retain soprano or alto voice

Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials

A castrated human male

Referring to someone or something which has been emasculated. (very rare)

{n} a castrated person

A eunuch is a man who has had his testicles removed. a man whose testicles have been removed, especially someone who guarded a king's wives in some Eastern countries in the past (eunuchus, from eunouchos, from eune + echein ). Castrated human male. From remote antiquity on, eunuchs were employed in the Middle East and China as guards and servants in harems or other women's quarters and as chamberlains to kings. The eunuchs' confidential position frequently enabled them to exercise an important influence over their royal masters. Many of the patriarchs of Constantinople during Byzantine times were eunuchs. Eunuch advisers disappeared as a class only with the end of the Ottoman Empire. See also castrato

{i} castrated man or boy; castrated man who works as a harem attendant; (Informal) inefficient or unmasculine man

a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"

Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank

Such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state

To make a eunuch of; to castrate

as a man

A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments

a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem

Relevante Übersetzungen

eunuchism

{n} the state of being emasculated

Female Eunuch

a book by Germaine Greer which is considered to be one of the most important books of the women's movement (1970)

a eunuch

gelding

eunuchism

{i} practice or process of making eunuchs; state of being castrated; castration, emasculation

eunuchism

The state of being eunuch

eunuchs

plural of eunuch

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von eunuch im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

Relevante Übersetzungen

kızlar ağası chief black eunuch

(in the sultan's harem)

Silbentrennung

eu·nuch

Etymologie

[ 'yü-n&k, -nik ] (noun.) 15th century. Borrowed from Latin eunuchus, originally from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoukhos) from εὐνή (eunē, “bed”) + ἔχω (ekhō, “I have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.