English Explanatory Dictionary

male

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
  2. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
  3. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
  4. Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
  5. Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
  6. Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
noun
  1. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
  2. A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
  3. An animal of the sex that has testes.
  4. A plant of the masculine sex.
  5. A bacterium which has the F factor.
  6. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Maale.
name
  1. Alternative form of Maale.
name
  1. A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.
adj
  1. Acronym of medium-altitude long-endurance

Pronunciation

māl /meɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-male.wav en-us-male.ogg /meːl/

Word forms

male maler more male malest most male males

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).

Synonyms

manly mannish masculine pin plug

Antonyms

female

Related words

macho ♂ sex gender gender identity

Derived words

all-male alpha male alta-male angry white male antimale anti-male beta male bio male bio-male cis male cis-male dead white European male delta male female-to-male gamma male heteromale intermale irritable male syndrome ktiv male male-administration male alpha male answer syndrome male as norm male-assigned male bot malebot male-bot male chauvinism male chauvinist male chauvinistic male circumcision male condom maledom male-dominated male engyne male enhancement male-fail male fern male flight male gaze male-gazey male genital cutting male genital mutilation male genital mutilator male-identified male impersonator maleless male liberation male line male lineage male member male menopause male menstruation maleness maleocracy male organ male pattern baldness male pattern violence male-pattern violence male rhyme
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