neutraal
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch neutraal, from late Middle Dutch neutrael, from Middle French neutral, from Old French neutral, from Latin neutrālis, from neuter (“neither”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
neutraal (attributive neutrale, comparative neutraler, superlative neutraalste)
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From late Middle Dutch neutrael, from Middle French neutral, from Old French neutral, from Latin neutrālis, itself from neuter (“neither”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
neutraal (comparative neutraler, superlative neutraalst)
- (politics) neutral, not taking sides in a conflict between opposite parties
- (chemistry) neutral, neither acid nor alkali
- (physics) having neither of two opposite qualities
- (obsolete, grammar) neuter, neither masculin nor feminine
Inflection edit
| Inflection of neutraal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | neutraal | |||
| inflected | neutrale | |||
| comparative | neutraler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | neutraal | neutraler | het neutraalst het neutraalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | neutrale | neutralere | neutraalste |
| n. sing. | neutraal | neutraler | neutraalste | |
| plural | neutrale | neutralere | neutraalste | |
| definite | neutrale | neutralere | neutraalste | |
| partitive | neutraals | neutralers | — | |
Synonyms edit
- (neutral between parties): onpartijdig
- (neuter (grammar)): onzijdig