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masculine

 
Dictionary: mas·cu·line   (măs'kyə-lĭn) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to men or boys; male.
  2. Suggestive or characteristic of a man; mannish. See synonyms at male.
  3. Grammar. Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
  4. Music. Ending on an accented beat: a masculine cadence.
n.
  1. Grammar.
    1. The masculine gender.
    2. A word or word form of the masculine gender.
  2. A male person.

[Middle English masculin, from Old French, from Latin masculīnus, from masculus, male, diminutive of mās.]

masculinely mas'cu·line·ly adv.
masculineness mas'cu·line·ness n.

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adjective

    Of, characteristic of, or befitting the male sex: macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile. See gender.

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adj

Definition: manlike, powerful
Antonyms: feminine


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Pertaining to the male sex.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Manly.

pronunciation We are born male or female, but not masculine or feminine. — Sandra Bartky

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - maskulin, mandig, mande-, mands-, mandhaftig
n. - maskulinum (gram.), hankøn, hankønsord

Nederlands (Dutch)
mannelijk, krachtig, betreffende een beklemtoonde laatste lettergreep/klank, mannelijkheid, mannelijk woordsoort, man

Français (French)
adj. - masculin, viril, d'homme, (Ling) masculin
n. - masculin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - männlich, maskulin
n. - Maskulinum

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αρρενωπός, ανδρικός, ανδροπρεπής, ρωμαλέος, (γραμμ.) αρσενικός
n. - αρσενικό γένος

Italiano (Italian)
maschile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - masculino
n. - masculinidade (f), gênero (m) (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
мужской род, мужчина, мужской, мужественный, мужеподобный (о женщине)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - masculino, varonil, viril
n. - masculino, del género masculino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - manlig, maskulin
n. - maskulinum

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
男性的, 有丈夫气的, 阳性的, 阳性, 男性

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 男性的, 有丈夫氣的, 陽性的
n. - 陽性, 男性

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남자다운, 늠름한
n. - 남성

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 男の, 男らしい, 力強い, 男性の, 男勝りの
n. - 男, 男性, 男性形

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذكر (الاسم) رجالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גברי, מלא און, גברית (אישה), של מין זכר (צורה דקדוקית)‬
n. - ‮מין זכר (דקדוק)‬


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