male
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: māl
ipa: /meːl/
homophone: mail
Forms: form: males
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
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 “penised”), derived from the noun wǣpn (“weapon”), which had the secondary sense “penis”.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
glosses: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
glosses: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
An animal of the sex that has testes.
glosses: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
A plant of the masculine sex.
examples: text: During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]
ref: 2001 August 1, Harrison G. Echols, Operators and Promoters: The Story of Molecular Biology and Its Creators, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 45:
text: In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have this factor are considered females. […] Nevertheless, in addition to a small piece of DNA, male bacteria have some unique characteristics. They can make a special protrusion on their surface, called F-pilus. Pilae (plural for pilus) are hair-like structures that cover the[…]
ref: 2021 February 26, Gregor Majdic, Soul Mate Biology: Science of attachment and love, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A bacterium which has the F factor.
examples: text: Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.
ref: 1981, Modern Photography:
glosses: A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
Hyponyms: man
boy
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from adjective or noun
word: all-male
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word: alpha male
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word: alta-male
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word: angry white male
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word: antimale
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word: anti-male
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word: beta male
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word: bio male
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word: bio-male
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word: cis male
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word: cis-male
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word: dead white European male
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word: delta male
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word: female-to-male
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word: gamma male
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word: heteromale
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word: intermale
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word: irritable male syndrome
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word: ktiv male
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word: male-administration
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word: male alpha
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word: male answer syndrome
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word: male as norm
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word: male-assigned
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word: male bot
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word: malebot
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word: male-bot
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word: male chauvinism
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word: male chauvinist
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word: male chauvinistic
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word: male circumcision
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word: male condom
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word: maledom
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word: male-dominated
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word: male engyne
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word: male enhancement
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word: male-fail
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word: male fern
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word: male flight
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word: male gaze
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word: male-gazey
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word: male genital cutting
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word: male genital mutilation
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word: male genital mutilator
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word: male-identified
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word: male impersonator
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word: maleless
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word: male liberation
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word: male member
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word: male menopause
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word: male menstruation
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word: maleness
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word: maleocracy
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word: male organ
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word: male pattern baldness
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word: male pattern violence
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word: male-pattern violence
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word: male rhyme
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word: malestream
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word: malesub
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word: male tank
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word: male-to-female
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word: merm
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word: metamale
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word: mimbo
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word: moid
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word: multimale
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word: murse
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word: neomale
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word: nonmale
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word: nu-male
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word: omega male
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word: pale male
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word: pseudomale
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word: shemale
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word: she-male
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word: sigma male
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word: sneaker male
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word: supermale
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word: trans-identified male
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word: trans-male
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word: trans male
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word: XX male syndrome
Related terms: word: macho
word: ♂
word: sex
word: gender
word: gender identity