Meanings
gelding1
plural geldings
- A castrated male horse.
Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2022 - Any castrated male animal.
gelding2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of geld
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
gelding · noun
- Old Norsegeldingr“wether, eunuch”
- Middle Englishgeldyng“eunuch”
- Englishgelding
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).
More words from Middle English, Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 騸馬 /骟马
- 騸馬 /骟马 (sin³ maa⁵)castrated male horse
Chinese Mandarin 騸馬 /骟马, 閹割動物 /阉割动物
- 騸馬 /骟马 (shànmǎ)castrated male horse
- 閹割動物 /阉割动物 (yāngē dòngwù)castrated male animal
Czech valach
- valachcastrated male horse
Danish vallak
- vallakcastrated male horse
Dutch ruin
- ruincastrated male horse
Finnish ruuna, valakka
- ruunacastrated male horse
- valakkacastrated male horse
- kuohittu eläincastrated male animal
French hongre
- hongrecastrated male horse
German Wallach, kastriertes Männchen
- Wallachcastrated male horse
- kastriertes Männchencastrated male animal
- verschnittenes Tiercastrated male animal
Hungarian herélt, paripa
- heréltcastrated male horse
- paripacastrated male horse
- heréltcastrated male animal
Irish gearrán
- gearráncastrated male horse
Italian castrone
- castronecastrated male horse
Japanese 騸馬
- 騸馬 (senba)castrated male horse
Latin cabo
- cabocastrated male horse
Malay kuda kembiri
- kuda kembiricastrated male horse
Māori tāriana poka, hōiho poka
- tāriana pokacastrated male horse
- hōiho pokacastrated male horse
- raho pokacastrated male animal
Norwegian Bokmål vallak
- vallakcastrated male horse
Persian جرده
- جرده (jorde)castrated male horse
Polish wałach
- wałachcastrated male horse
Portuguese capão, castrado
- capãocastrated male horse
- castradocastrated male animal
Russian ме́рин, кастри́рованное живо́тное
- ме́рин (mérin)castrated male horse
- кастри́рованное живо́тное (kastrírovannoje živótnoje)castrated male animal
- вол (vol)castrated male animal
- кастра́т (kastrát)castrated male animal
Scottish Gaelic gearran
- gearrancastrated male horse
Slovak valach
- valachcastrated male horse
Spanish caballo castrado
- caballo castradocastrated male horse
Swedish valack
- valackcastrated male horse
Turkish beygir, iğdiş
- beygircastrated male horse
- iğdişcastrated male horse
Ukrainian ме́рин
- ме́рин (méryn)castrated male horse
Welsh adfarch
- adfarchcastrated male horse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gelding
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Cite this entry
gelding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelding
“gelding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gelding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelding.
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