masculine

mas·cu·line

(măs′kyə-lĭn)

adj.

1. Of or relating to men or boys; male.

2. Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.

3. Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.

4. Music Ending on an accented beat: a masculine cadence.

n.

1. Grammar

a. The masculine gender.

b. A word or word form of the masculine gender.

2. Archaic A male person.

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[Middle English masculin, from Old French, from Latin masculīnus, from masculus, male, diminutive of mās.]

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mas′cu·line·ly adv.

mas′cu·line·ness, mas′cu·lin′·ity (-lĭn′ĭ-tē) n.

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masculine

(ˈmæskjʊlɪn)

adj

1. possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly

2. unwomanly

3. (Grammar) grammar

a. denoting a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some male animate referents

b. (as noun): German "Weg" is a masculine.

[C14: via French from Latin masculīnus, from masculus male, from mās a male]

ˈmasculinely adv

ˌmascuˈlinity, ˈmasculineness n

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mas•cu•line

(ˈmæs kyə lɪn)

adj.

1. pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men.

2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.

3. of, pertaining to, or being the grammatical gender that has among its members most nouns referring to males, as well as other nouns, as Spanish dedo “finger” or German Bleistift “pencil.”

4. (of a woman) mannish.

n.

5. the masculine gender.

6. a word or other form in or marking the masculine gender.

[1300–50; Middle English masculin < Latin masculīnus=mascul(us) male (mās male + -culus -cule¹) + -īnus -ine¹]

mas′cu•line•ly, adv.

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male

– masculine

1. 'male'

Male means 'relating to the sex that cannot have babies'. You can use male as an adjective to describe either people or animals.

A male nurse came to take my temperature.

Male dogs tend to be more aggressive.

You can use male as a noun to refer to an animal.

They protect their territory from other males.

In scientific contexts, male is sometimes used as a noun to refer to men or boys.

The condition affects both males and females.

People sometimes use male to talk about men, in order to avoid using 'man' or 'boy'.

I looked in through the window and saw only males.

The police are looking for a tall white male in his mid-twenties.

2. 'masculine'

Masculine means 'typical of men, rather than women'.

He was tall, strong, and very masculine.

They painted the room in dark, masculine colours.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'masculine' to talk about animals.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	masculine - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male gender, grammatical gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Adj.	1.	masculine - of grammatical gender masculine - associated with men and not with women feminine - of grammatical gender neuter - of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
	2.	masculine - associated with men and not with women manful, manlike, manly - possessing qualities befitting a man male - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree" masculine - of grammatical gender feminine - associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"
	3.	masculine - (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner accented, stressed - bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

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masculine

adjective

1. male, manly, mannish, manlike, virile, manful masculine characteristics such as a deep voice and facial hair

2. strong, powerful, bold, brave, strapping, hardy, robust, vigorous, muscular, macho, butch (slang), resolute, gallant, well-built, red-blooded (informal), stout-hearted an aggressive, masculine image

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masculine

adjective

Of, characteristic of, or befitting the male sex:

macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile.

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Translations

ذَكَرُذُكوريمُذَكَّر

mužskýmužnýmužského rodu

maskulinmandigmaskulinumhankøn

männlichmaskulinMänner-

ανδρικόςαρσενικός

masculino

maskuliininenmiehekäsmiespuolinenmaskuliini

masculin

muževan

hímnemû

maskulin

karlkyns

maschilemascolinomasculinovirilit...

男らしい男性男性の男性名詞男性的な

남성남성적인남자 같은남자다운남자의

vyriškasvyriškosios giminŗsvyrų

vīrieša-vīriešuvīrišķīgs

mannelijk

maskulinhankjønnmandig

męski

masculino

bărbătescmasculinviril

мужскоймаскулинныймужеподобный

mužského rodu

moškega spolamoški

maskulin

อย่างผู้ชาย

erkeksierilerkeğe aiterkek cinsinden sayılan

thuộc đàn ông

男性的阳性的男性气概的

masculine

[ˈmæskjʊlɪn]

A. ADJ

1. [qualities, voice etc] → masculino

2. (esp pej) [woman, image, appearance] → masculino, hombruno (pej)

3. (Gram) → masculino

B. N (Gram) → masculino m

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masculine

[ˈmæskjʊlɪn]

adj → masculin(e)
I'm not the world's most masculine man → Je ne suis pas le plus masculin des hommes.

n → masculin m

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masculine

adj → männlich; woman, room, decor → maskulin; (Gram) → maskulin, männlich

n (Gram) → Maskulinum nt

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masculine

[ˈmæskjʊlɪn]

1. adj (also) (Gram) → maschile (pej) (woman) → mascolino/a

2. n (Gram) → (genere m) maschile m

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masculine

(ˈmӕskjulin) adjective

1. of the male sex. masculine qualities. manlik ذُكوري мъжествен masculino mužský; mužný männlich maskulin; mandig αρσενικός, ανδρικός, αρρενωπόςmasculino mehelik مذکر maskuliininen masculinגברי पुरुषवत् muški, muževan férfias laki-laki karlkyns mascolino, maschile 男性の 남자에 어울리는 vyriškas, vyrų vīrieša-; vīrišķīgs kelakian mannelijk mannlig, maskulin, mandigmęski نارينه masculino masculin мужской mužský moški muški manlig, maskulin เกี่ยวกับเพศชาย erkeğe ait, erkeksi 男性的，男子氣概的 чоловічий مردانہ thuộc giống đực 男性的，男性气概的

2. in certain languages, of one of usually two or three genders of nouns etc. Is the French word for `door' masculine or feminine? manlik مُذَكَّر от мъжки род masculino mužského rodu männlich hankøn; maskulinum αρσενικός, αρσενικού γένους masculino meessoost مذکر maskuliinisukuinen masculin מִין זָכָר पुंजातीय muškarački hímnemű jantan karlkyns maschile 男性名詞の 남성의 vyriškosios giminės vīriešu (dzimte) jantan mannelijk hankjønn, maskulinmęski نارينه masculino masculin мужского рода mužského rodu moški muški rod maskulin คำนามที่ถือเป็นเพศชายในบางภาษา เช่น ภาษาฝรั่งเศส eril, erkek cinsinden sayılan (語法)陽性的 чоловічий صیغئہ مزکّر giống （语法）阳性的

ˌmascuˈlinity noun

manlikheid ذكورَه، صِفات الرُّجولَه мъжественост masculinidade mužskost; mužnost die Männlichkeit maskulinitet; mandighed ανδρισμός, αρρενωπότητα masculinidad mehelikkus رجولیت maskuliinisuus masculinitéגבריות पुरुषत्व muževnost férfiasság kejantanan karlmennska mascolinità 男性らしさ 사내다움 vyriškumas vīrišķība; vīrietība sifat kelakian mannelijkheidmandighetmęskość نارينتوب masculinidade masculinitate мужественность mužnosť moškost muškost manlighet ความเป็นชาย erkeklik, erillik 男性，男子氣概 мужність مردانگی tính chất đực; tính chất đàn ông 男性，男子气

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masculine

→ ذَكَرُ mužský maskulin männlich ανδρικός masculino maskuliininen masculin muževan maschile 男らしい 남성적인 mannelijk maskulin męski masculino мужской maskulin อย่างผู้ชาย erkeksi thuộc đàn ông 男性的

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mas·cu·line

a. masculino-a, viril.

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masculine

adj masculino

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