male
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: maler
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more male
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: malest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most male
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: males
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: male writers
the leading male and female singers
a male bird feeding a seed to a female
in bee colonies, all drones are male
intersex male patients
We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.
Whereas many other trans male vloggers use the videos to assert a conventionally recognizable masculinity through sculpting and carrying their bodies as well as dressing and talking in masculine-coded ways, Carson explores and plays with ways of expressing femininity within (trans) maleness.
gloss: Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: stereotypically male interests
an insect with typically male coloration
A bright light was shone in her eye and then she heard a kind, male voice who she figured must be Dr. Smith. “Yes, let her rest now, but keep an eye on her blood pressure and her pulse. Check her about every 15 or 20 minutes. Call me if any problem occurs.”
More than that, we cannot find the same dynamics within female career trajectories as in the other two country groups, because the time-structure of female and male careers already shows great similarity within the older generation of elites. In addition, the pattern of the relation between female and male careers remains the same over time.
gloss: Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: the male chromosome
like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
gloss: Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]
Male bacteria having the sex factor, also known as the F or "fertility" factor, are termed P if the sex factor exists extrachromosomally. F+ bacteria can only conjugate with F, the female counterparts, which do not possess the F [factor].
gloss: Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
usually
examples: Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;
gloss: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
pos: noun
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
gloss: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
pos: noun
gloss: A bacterium which has the F factor.
pos: noun
examples: 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[…]
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[…]
gloss: A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
Synonyms: manly
mannish
masculine
pin
Antonyms: female
Related words: macho
♂
sex
gender
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