ˈkæs.tɹeɪt ˈnjuːtə ˈn(j)uːtɚ ˈnjuːtə ˈn(j)uːtɚ ˈnjuːtə ˈn(j)uːtɚ speɪ remove the ovaries of Is your cat spayed? neither male nor female (of grammatical gender) ‘it’ is the third-person singular neuter pronoun having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)