English Explanatory Dictionary

masculine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the male gender.
  2. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  3. Belonging to males; typically used by males.
  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.
  5. Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  6. Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
  7. Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
  8. Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
  9. Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
noun
  1. The masculine gender.
  2. A word of the masculine gender.
  3. That which is masculine.
  4. A man.

Pronunciation

măsk'yo͝ol(ĭ)n măsk'yələn /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/ /ˈmæskjələn/ en-us-masculine.ogg

Word forms

masculine more masculine most masculine m. m masculines

Etymology

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).

Synonyms

macho manly masc masculine virile Of a woman butch mannish tomboyish unfeminine unladylike male

Antonyms

androgynous feminine female womanly effeminate emasculated epicene unmanly

Related words

he-

Derived words

antimasculine cismasculine demasculinization emasculate hypermasculine hypermasculinization masculinazi masculine caesura masculine ending masculinely masculineness masculine of center masculine rhyme masculinisation masculinism masculinist masculinistic masculinity masculinization masculinize masculism masculist nonmasculine pseudomasculine supermasculine transmasculine ultramasculine unmasculine

Translations

Albanian: mashkullor Southern Altai: эр Armenian: առնական Belarusian: мужчы́нскі Bulgarian: мъжествен Catalan: masculí Catalan: viril Chinese Mandarin: 男性的 Chinese Mandarin: 男子氣的 /男子气的 Chinese Mandarin: 男子漢的 /男子汉的 Chinese Mandarin: man (mān) Czech: mužský Czech: mužný Danish: maskulin Danish: mandig Dutch: mannelijk Estonian: mehelik Estonian: maskuliinne Finnish: miehekäs Finnish: maskuliininen French: masculin West-Frisian: manlik Galician: masculino Georgian: კაცური Georgian: მამაკაცური Georgian: ვაჟკაცური German: männlich German: maskulin Greek: ανδρικός Greek: αρσενικός Greek: ανδροπρεπής Hindi: पौरुषेय Hindi: मर्दाना Hungarian: férfias Indonesian: maskulin Irish: fearúil Italian: masculino Japanese: 男性的な Korean: 남자 같은 Latin: masculīnus Latin: masculus Latvian: vīrišķīgs Latvian: vīrišķs Latvian: vīriešu Lithuanian: vyriškas Māori: whakatāne Māori: tāne Marathi: पुरुषी Middle English: manly Norman: mastchulîn Norwegian Bokmål: maskulin Norwegian Bokmål: mandig Norwegian Nynorsk: maskulin Norwegian Nynorsk: mandig Old English: werlīċ Pashto: نر Pashto: نارينه Persian: مردانه Polish: męski Portuguese: macho Portuguese: homem Romanian: masculin Romanian: bărbătesc Romanian: viril Estonian: maskuliin Hungarian: hímnemű alak Norwegian Bokmål: hankjønnsord Norwegian Bokmål: maskulinum Norwegian Nynorsk: hankjønnsord Norwegian Nynorsk: maskulinum Slovak: slovo mužského rodu
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