Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

neutral

UK /ˈnjuː.tɹəl/ · US /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ adjective, noun

Forms neutrals

adjective (politics) Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
adjective Favoring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased. “I am neutral regarding the issue of gay marriage.”
adjective Neither positive nor negative.
adjective (psychology) Not biased; viewing situations objectively in a way that is neither positive nor negative. “a neutral person”
adjective Neither beneficial nor harmful.
adjective (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
adjective Having no obvious colour; gray.
adjective (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
noun A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
noun A person who takes no side in a dispute.
noun An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.
noun A neutral hue.
noun (uncountable) The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism. “Put it in neutral, and we'll push it out of the garage.”
noun An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.

Synonyms

From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al.

adjective Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.
adjective Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.
noun A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

Etymology [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See Neuter.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “neutral”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “neutral” (best matches first).

माध्यस्थ mādhyastha being in a middle state, indifferent, impartial, neutral; ( am ), n. middle state or condition; indifference…
उदासीन ud-āsīna sitting apart, indifferent, free from affection; (in law) not involved in the dispute; ( as ), m. a stranger…
प्रचय pra-caya collecting, gathering (as fruit or flowers, but especially by means of a stick or other implement); a heap, …
स्थान sthāna the act of standing or staying, stay, continuance, the being fixed or stationary; state, condition; a statio…
मध्यम madhyama middle, middlemost, midmost, central, in the middle, in the midst, (used like the Latin medius , e.g. madhya…
कृत्रिमोदासीन kṛtrimodāsīna an acquired neutral.
मध्यस्थान madhya-sthāna a middle place or station; the middle space (i.e. the air); a neutral soil.
प्राकृतोदासीन prākṛtodāsīna a natural neutral, a sovereign whose dominions are situated beyond those of the natural ally.