masculine

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to the male gender.

2. 2

   Of or pertaining to the male sex

   Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

3. 3

   Belonging to males

   Belonging to males; typically used by males.

   • “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
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   1. 4

      Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men

      Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.

      • That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
      • […] a masculine church.
   2. 5

      Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender…

      Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

      • The noun Student is masculine in German.
   3. 6

      Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.

   4. 7

      Following or ending on a stressed syllable.

      • Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.
   5. 8

      The masculine gender.

      • The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.
   6. 9

      A word of the masculine gender.

      • As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]
   7. 10

      That which is masculine.

   8. 11

      A man.

      • 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.

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• synonymmacho
• synonymmanly
• synonymmasc
• synonymmasculine
• synonymvirile
• synonymOf a woman
• synonymbutch
• synonymmannish
• synonymtomboyish
• synonymunfeminine
• synonymunladylike
• antonymandrogynous
• antonymfeminine
• neighborhe-
• neighborguise