Masculine

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Adjective 3 Derived terms 4 Translations

Etymology

Latin masculinus, from masculus male, manly, diminutive of mas a male: compare French masculin. See Male.

Adjective

masculine

1. Of the male sex; not female.

   Quotations

   • Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons - Chaucer

2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

   Quotations

   • That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy - Hallam

3. (Rare): Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males

   Quotations

   • A masculine church - Fuller

4. (Grammar): Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See gender

Derived terms

• masculinely , adverb
• masculineness , noun

Translations

• Chinese: 阳性 (yángxìng, 4)
• Dutch: mannelijk n
• Esperanto: virseksa
• Finnish: miespuolinen (1), miehekäs (2), miehuullinen (2), maskuliininen (2), miesten (3, genitive), maskuliininen (4), maskuliini- (4, prefix in a compound)
• French: masculin m
• Frisian: manlik
• German: männlich
• Greek, Modern:αρσενικό (el ; arsenikó)
• Hebrew: זכר (ZVR)
• Ido: maskula
• Interlingua: masculin
• Japanese: 男性 (dansei)
• Latin: masculus (1, 2, 3), masculinus (4)
• Portuguese: masculino m, masculina f
• Spanish: masculino m, masculina f