châtré, -e, adj., emasculate, castrated.
châtrer, v.a., to castrate; to expurgate; to take away the honey and wax from a bee-hive; to lop, prune; (fig.) to mutilate, to curtail, to retrench; (vet.) to geld. — une truie; to spay a sow. — des cotrets; to take sticks from fagots of wood. — les tiges de tabac; to top tobacco-plants.
se châtrer, v.r., to castrate oneself; to be mutilated (of books, plays, &c.).
châtreur, n.m., gelder.
châtrure, n.f., castrating; gelding.
chatte, n.f., she-cat. V. chat.
chattée, n.f., litter of kittens.
chattemite, n.f., demure-looking person; hypocrite, dissembler.
chatter, v.n., to kitten.
chatterie, n.f., playfulness; hypocritical caress; daintiness; pretty or coaxing way.