masculine (redirected from masculineness)

mas·cu·line  (msky-ln)

adj.

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

2. Suggestive or characteristic of a man; mannish. See Synonyms at male.

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. A male person.

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[Middle English masculin, from Old French, from Latin masculnus, from masculus, male, diminutive of ms.]

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mascu·line·ly adv.

mascu·line·ness n.

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masculine

Adjective

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

2. unwomanly; not feminine

3. Grammar denoting a gender of nouns that includes some male animate things

4. Prosody denoting a rhyme between pairs of single final stressed syllables [Latin masculinus]

masculinity n

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

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

Translations

masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → masculino

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masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → masculin(e)

n → masculin m

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masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → männlich;

(atmosphere, woman) → maskulin;

(Ling) → männlich, maskulin

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masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → maschile

n → genere m maschile

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masculine

adj masculine [ˈmӕskjulin]

1 of the male sex masculine qualities. manlik ذُكوري мъжествен mužský; mužný maskulin; mandig männlich αρσενικός, ανδρικός, αρρενωπός masculino mehelik مذکر maskuliininen masculin גַברִי पुरुषवत् muški, muževan férfias laki-laki karlkyns mascolino, maschile 男性の 남자의 vyriškas, vyrų vīrieša-; vīrišķīgs kelakian mannelijk mannlig, maskulin, mandig męski masculino masculin мужской mužský moški muški manlig, maskulin เกี่ยวกับเพศชาย erkeğe ait, erkeksi 男性的 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 mužského rodu hankøn; maskulinum männlich αρσενικός, αρσενικού γένους (γραμμ.) masculino meessoost مذکر maskuliinisukuinen masculin מִין זָכָר पुंजातीय muškarački hímnemű jantan karlkyns maschile 男性名詞の ?문법?남성의 vyriškosios giminės vīriešu (dzimte) jantan mannelijk hankjønn(s-), maskulin męski masculino masculin мужского рода mužského rodu moški muški rod maskulin เพศชาย (ทางไวยากรณ์) eril, erkek cinsinden sayılan (語法)陽性的 чоловічий صیغئہ مزکّر giống 阳性的

n mascuˈlinity

manlikheid ذكورَه، صِفات الرُّجولَه мъжественост mužskost; mužnost maskulinitet; mandighed die Männlichkeit ανδρισμός, αρρενωπότητα masculinidad mehelikkus رجولیت maskuliinisuus masculinité גַברִיוּת पुरुषत्व muževnost férfiasság kejantanan karlmennska mascolinità 男性らしさ 남자다움 vyriškumas vīrišķība; vīrietība sifat kelakian mannelijkheid mandighet męskość masculinidade masculinitate мужественность mužnosť moškost muškost manlighet ความเป็นชาย erkeklik, erillik 男性 мужність مردانگی tính chất đực; tính chất đàn ông 男性