Latvian edit

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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin neutrālis, changed and adapted to Latvian patterns (eu > ei).

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neitrāls (definite neitrālais, comparative neitrālāks, superlative visneitrālākais, adverb neitrāli)

  1. (politics) neutral (showing neutrality; not being aligned, not taking sides in a conflict)
    neitrāla valstsneutral country
    neitrālas zemesneutral lands, ground
    neitrāla territorijaneutral territory
    neitrālā joslaneutral zone
    otrā pasaules kara laikā, kad karojošās valstis bija izsmēlušas savus resursus, neitrālā Zviedrija ieguva kapitālu, pārdodama ieročus un lidmašīnasduring World War II, when the warring countries had exhausted their resources, neutral Sweden made a profit by selling weapons and aircraft
  2. (of people) neutral, passive (not taking sides in a dispute or argument; not interfering in other people's problems; typical of one who does not take sides, does not interfere)
    neitrāls cilvēks, novērotājsneutral person, observer
    neitrāla izturēšanāsneutral behavior
    pastarītis labprāt palika neitrāls un turējās tādās kautiņu reizēs vislabāk nomaļusthe youngest willingly remained neutral and preferred to keep himself on the side during fights
    autors gan pats cenšas it kā atrauties malā, ieņemot neitrālu pozīcijuthe author himself tried to, as it were, go to the side, taking a neutral stance
  3. (of people) neutral, objective, uninfluenced, impartial
    dodiet mums neitrālus tiesnešus, ne baronu pārstāvjus, un redzēsim, kam tad būs taisnībagive us neutral judges, not representatives of the barons, and we will see who is right
  4. (of substances, colors) neutral (not having special or unwanted effects, consequences; not causing special or unwanted feelings)
    neitrāli ārstniecības līdzekļineutral medical substances
    neitrāls apgaismojumsneutral illumination
    neitrāls sienu krāsojumsneutral wall paint
    jālieto neitrāli sejas krēmione must use neutral facial creams
    ziepēm un dezodorantiem jābūt ar iespējami neitrālu smaržusoap and deodorants should have a possibly neutral smell
  5. (chemistry) neutral (neither acidic nor alkaline)
    neitrāls šķīdums, oksīdsneutral solution, oxide
    latvāņi vislabāk aug neitrālā vai vāji skābā augsnēhogweed grows best in neutral or weakly acidic soils
  6. (physics) neutral (having neither positive nor negative electric charge)
    atoma kodola neitrālās daļiņasthe neutral particles of the atomic nucleus
  7. (linguistics, style) neutral (not relating to a specific mode of communication; without stylistic specificities; without implied meanings or contexts; in general use)
    stilistiski neitrāls vārdsstylistically neutral word
    tantes neitrālo uzrunu nomainīja nežēlīgāki vārdi(the) cruel words changed (our) aunt's neutral pronunciation

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