German

Noun

Eunuch m ‎(genitive Eunuchen, plural Eunuchen)

1. eunuch (castrated human male)

Declension

English

Noun

eunuch ‎(plural eunuchs)

1. A castrated human male.
   • 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 2/1/2, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

     Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.

2. 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.
3. (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.

Derived terms

• eunuchism
• eunuchry
• eunuch flute

Translations

See also

• castrate
• castratism
• castrato
• desex, de-sex
• gelding
• neuter
• sterilize

Czech

Noun

eunuch m

1. eunuch

Dutch

Alternative forms

• eunuuk m

Pronunciation

Noun

eunuch m ‎(plural eunuchen, diminutive eunuchje n)

1. eunuch (in all senses)

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Eunuch, from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος ‎(eunoûkhos, “castrated man, eunuch, harem guard”), from εὐνή ‎(eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω ‎(ékhō, “I have, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛunuxː]
• Hyphenation: eu‧nuch

Noun

eunuch ‎(plural eunuchok)

1. eunuch

Declension