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語源 1

From 中期英語 spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée.

別の表記

• spaie [1500s]
• spave (archaic)
• spaye [1500s–1600s]
• spey

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spā, IPA: /speɪ/
• 韻: -eɪ
• 異形同音異義語: spae, Spey

動詞

spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed or (obsolete) spade)

1. (transitive) To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.

   Synonym: (obsolete except Ireland, Lancashire, Shropshire) splay

   We’re having our cat spayed as we don’t want her having kittens.

   • 2016 November 13, Britt Peterson, “The Case Against Cats”, in The Atlantic‎:

     With their eye on non-island countries, namely America, the authors of Cat Wars argue for a combination of spay/neuter programs, enclosed sanctuaries, and euthanasia.

同意語

• castrate, emasculate (for a male)
• geld (used almost always of animals, especially male horses)
• neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species, regardless of sex)

派生語

名詞

spay (plural spays)

1. The act of spaying an animal.
   • 1997 July 28, Sharon Talbert, “spay/abortion of pregnant cats”, in rec.pets.cat.rescue‎ (Usenet):

     I was queasy about my first spay of a far-gone feral and left it up to my vet.

参照

• “spay, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

語源 2

See spayard.

名詞

spay (plural spays)

1. Rare form of spayard.

参照

• “spay” listed as a variant spelling of “spaya(ɹ)d, spayd”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

語源 3

動詞

spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed)

1. Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)

アナグラム

• APYs, AsPy, Pays, aspy, pays, pyas, yaps

別の表記

• spey, speye

名詞

spay (plural spayes)

1. sluice

参照

• “†spay, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

語源 2

See spayen.

動詞

spay (third-person singular simple present spayeth, present participle spayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle spaied)

1. alternative infinitive of spayen.

参照

• “spay, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]