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

masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → masculin(e)

n → masculin m

masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → männlich;

(atmosphere, woman) → maskulin;

(Ling) → männlich, maskulin

masculine [ˈmæskjulɪn] adj → maschile

n → genere m maschile

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masculine

adj masculine [ˈmӕskjulin]

1 of the male sex masculine qualities.manlikذُكوريмъжественmužský; mužnýmaskulin; mandigmännlichαρσενικός, ανδρικός, αρρενωπόςmasculinomehelikمذکرmaskuliininenmasculinגַברִיपुरुषवत्muški, muževanférfiaslaki-lakikarlkynsmascolino, maschile男性の남자의vyriškas, vyrųvīrieša-; vīrišķīgskelakianmannelijkmannlig, maskulin, mandigmęskimasculinomasculinмужскойmužskýmoškimuškimanlig, maskulinเกี่ยวกับเพศชายerkeğe ait, erkeksi男性的чоловічийمردانہthuộc 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?manlikمُذَكَّرот мъжки родmužského roduhankøn; maskulinummännlichαρσενικός, αρσενικού γένους (γραμμ.)masculinomeessoostمذکرmaskuliinisukuinenmasculinמִין זָכָרपुंजातीयmuškaračkihímneműjantankarlkynsmaschile男性名詞の?문법?남성의vyriškosios giminėsvīriešu (dzimte)jantanmannelijkhankjønn(s-), maskulinmęskimasculinomasculinмужского родаmužského rodumoškimuški rodmaskulinเพศชาย (ทางไวยากรณ์)eril, erkek cinsinden sayılan(語法)陽性的чоловічийصیغئہ مزکّرgiống阳性的

n ˌmascuˈlinity

manlikheidذكورَه، صِفات الرُّجولَهмъжественостmužskost; mužnostmaskulinitet; mandigheddie Männlichkeitανδρισμός, αρρενωπότηταmasculinidadmehelikkusرجولیتmaskuliinisuusmasculinitéגַברִיוּתपुरुषत्वmuževnostférfiasságkejantanankarlmennskamascolinità男性らしさ남자다움vyriškumasvīrišķība; vīrietībasifat kelakianmannelijkheidmandighetmęskośćmasculinidademasculinitateмужественностьmužnosťmoškostmuškostmanlighetความเป็นชายerkeklik, erillik男性мужністьمردانگیtính chất đực; tính chất đàn ông男性