masculine
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: more masculine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most masculine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: m.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: m
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: masculines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: m.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: m
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the male gender.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
pos: adj
gloss: Belonging to males; typically used by males.
pos: adj
examples: “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
gloss: Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.
pos: adj
examples: That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
[…] a masculine church.
gloss: Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
pos: adj
examples: The noun Student is masculine in German.
gloss: Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
pos: adj
examples: German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
gloss: Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
pos: adj
gloss: Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
pos: adj
examples: Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.
gloss: The masculine gender.
pos: noun
examples: The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.
gloss: A word of the masculine gender.
pos: noun
examples: As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]
gloss: That which is masculine.
pos: noun
examples: These forces would also seem to reflect the gender distinction that can be made with respect to the divine, the feminine associated with the divine as immanent within the finite and the masculine with the divine transcendence and the infinite.
gloss: A man.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
possibly
rare
examples: I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed.
Synonyms: macho
manly
masc
masculine
virile
Of a woman
butch
mannish
tomboyish
unfeminine
unladylike
Antonyms: androgynous
feminine
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:
lang: Albanian
word: mashkullor
lang: Southern Altai
word: эр
roman: er
lang: Armenian
word: առնական
roman: aṙnakan
lang: Belarusian
word: мужчы́нскі
roman: mužčýnski
lang: Bulgarian
word: мъжествен
roman: mǎžestven
lang: Catalan
word: masculí
lang: Catalan
word: viril
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 男性的
roman: nánxìng de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 男子氣的 /男子气的
roman: nánzǐqì de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 男子漢的 /男子汉的
roman: nánzǐhàn de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: man (mān)
lang: Czech
word: mužský
lang: Czech
word: mužný
lang: Danish
word: maskulin
lang: Danish
word: mandig
lang: Dutch
word: mannelijk
lang: Estonian
word: mehelik
lang: Estonian
word: maskuliinne
lang: Finnish
word: miehekäs
lang: Finnish
word: maskuliininen
lang: French
word: masculin
lang: West-Frisian
word: manlik
lang: Galician
word: masculino
lang: Georgian
word: კაცური
roman: ḳacuri
lang: Georgian
word: მამაკაცური
roman: mamaḳacuri
lang: Georgian
word: ვაჟკაცური
roman: važḳacuri
lang: German
word: männlich
lang: German
word: maskulin
lang: Greek
word: ανδρικός
roman: andrikós
lang: Greek
word: αρσενικός
roman: arsenikós
lang: Greek
word: ανδροπρεπής
roman: androprepís
lang: Hindi
word: पौरुषेय
roman: pauruṣey
lang: Hindi
word: मर्दाना
roman: mardānā
lang: Hungarian
word: férfias
lang: Indonesian
word: maskulin
lang: Irish
word: fearúil
lang: Italian
word: masculino
lang: Japanese
word: 男性的な
roman: danseiteki na
lang: Korean
word: 남자 같은
roman: namja gateun
lang: Latin
word: masculīnus
lang: Latin
word: masculus
lang: Latvian
word: vīrišķīgs
lang: Latvian
word: vīrišķs
lang: Latvian
word: vīriešu
lang: Lithuanian
word: vyriškas
lang: Māori
word: whakatāne
lang: Māori
word: tāne
lang: Marathi
word: पुरुषी
roman: puruṣī
lang: Middle English
word: manly
lang: Norman
word: mastchulîn
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: maskulin
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mandig
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: maskulin
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: mandig
lang: Old English
word: werlīċ
lang: Pashto
word: نر
roman: nër
lang: Pashto
word: نارينه
roman: nâriná
lang: Persian
word: مردانه
roman: mardâne
lang: Polish
word: męski
lang: Portuguese
word: macho
lang: Portuguese
word: homem
lang: Romanian
word: masculin
lang: Romanian
word: bărbătesc
lang: Romanian
word: viril
lang: Russian
word: мужско́й
roman: mužskój
lang: Russian
word: мужеподо́бный
roman: mužepodóbnyj
lang: Russian
word: маскули́нный
roman: maskulínnyj
lang: Russian
word: му́жественный
roman: múžestvennyj
lang: Slovak
word: mužný
lang: Spanish
word: masculino
lang: Spanish
word: varonil
lang: Spanish
word: viril
lang: Spanish
word: macho
lang: Spanish
word: hombruno
lang: Swedish
word: maskulin
lang: Swedish
word: manlig
lang: Turkish
word: erkeksi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مردانه
roman: merdane
lang: Urdu
word: مردانہ
roman: mardāna
lang: Volapük
word: manik
lang: Zazaki
word: nerıyın
lang: Estonian
word: maskuliin
lang: Hungarian
word: hímnemű alak
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hankjønnsord
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: maskulinum
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hankjønnsord
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: maskulinum
lang: Slovak
word: slovo mužského rodu