eunuque

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Definition of eunuque - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

castrationhomme à qui on a enlevé les organes génitaux

Dans l'Antiquité, certains eunuques servaient à la cour royale.

haremgardien des femmes dans les harems orientaux

L'eunuque surveillait l'entrée du harem du sultan.

chasteté

Dated

personne sans désir sexuel ou chaste

Dated

Ce texte ancien décrit un eunuque vivant dans la solitude.

abstinent

asexuel

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Origin of eunuque

grec, eunoukhos (gardien des lits)

Examples of eunuque in a sentence

Un eunuque était souvent chargé de l’éducation des princes.
Un eunuque ouvrit la porte du palais silencieusement.
Les eunuques étaient respectés dans la cour du roi.
L’eunuque du roman sert de confident à la reine.
Dans la pièce, l’eunuque incarne la sagesse et la retenue.

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English:eunuch, celibate, ...
German:Eunuch, Keuscher, ...
Italian:eunuco, persona casta, ...
Spanish:eunuco, persona casta, ...
Portuguese:eunuco, ...
Chinese:太监, 无性欲者, ...
Japanese:宦官, 禁欲者, ...
Arabic:خصي, خصي الحريم, ...
Hebrew:סָרִיס, אִישׁ צָנוּעַ, ...
Russian:евнух, асексуал, ...
Ukrainian:євнух, безстатевий, ...
Catalan:eunuc, persona casta, ...
Danish:eunuk, asket, ...
Dutch:eunuch, haremwachter, ...
Greek:ευνούχος, άτομο χωρίς σεξουαλική επιθυμία, ...
Hungarian:eunuch, herélt, ...
Khmer:ខាន់ស្លា, ខាន់ធី, ...
Korean:환관, 하렘의 내시, ...
Polish:eunuch, osoba bez popędu seksualnego, ...
Portuguese (BR):eunuco, ...
Romanian:eunuc, persoană eunucă, ...
Swedish:eunuck, haremsvakt, ...
Thai:ขันที, ผู้ดูแลฮาเร็ม, ...
Turkish:hadım, harem hadımı, ...
Vietnamese:thái giám, người khiết tịnh, ...

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