male

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English male, borrowed from Old French masle, malle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”).

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male (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the sex which is generally characterized as having the smaller gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made) which fertilize the female-produced eggs [from 14th c.]
  2. Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals [from 16th c.]
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 289:
      In the powder rooms of the world's great hotels when male lesbians meet they show each other their wedding rings and burst out laughing.
    • 2009, The Guardian, 11 Dec 09:
      "While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with them, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorised performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes," the band's lawyers alleged.
  3. (biology) Inherently characteristic of the male of a species [from 17th c.]
    • 2009, The Guardian, 11 Sep 09:
      "It's very complex area," said Bowen-Simpkins, a consultant gynaecologist. "The male hormone is what gives bulk to muscles and bones so they are at an advantage."
  4. (figuratively) Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a "female" counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting [from 16th c.]

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belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes
having an external plug
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[edit] Noun

male (plural males)

  1. Someone of male, masculine gender, whether human, (sexual) animal or (sexual) plant

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human of masculine gender
animal of masculine gender
plant of masculine gender
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[edit] Danish

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  • IPA: /maːlə/, [ˈmæːlə]
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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle Low German mālen (“to draw, paint”).

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male (imperative mal, present maler, past malede or malte, past participle malet or malt)

  1. to paint
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malanan (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“to grind, rub, break up”).

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male (imperative mal, infinitive at male, present tense maler, past tense malede, past participle er/har malet)

  1. to grind, mill
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[edit] Dutch

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male

  1. (archaic) inflexion of maal (all senses)

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male

  1. singular present subjunctive of malen.

[edit] Esperanto

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From prefix mal- (antonym)+-e (indicates adverbs)

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male

  1. on the contrary
  2. opposingly; in opposition
    male ol...
    as opposed to...

[edit] Estonian

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Coined ex nihilo by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.

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male (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

  1. (board games) chess

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[edit] German

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male

  1. First-person singular present of malen.
  2. Imperative singular of malen.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of malen.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of malen.

[edit] Italian

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From Latin male.

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  • IPA: [ˈmaː.le], /ˈmale/, SAMPA: /"ma.le/

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male (comparative: peggio; superlative: malissimo)

  1. badly, wrongly

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male m. (plural mali)

  1. evil, harm
  2. pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease

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[edit] Latin

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From malus (“bad, wicked”).

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male (comparative pēius, superlative pessimē)

  1. badly
  2. wrongly
  3. cruelly, wickedly

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male

  1. to paint
  2. to grind (to make smaller by breaking with a device)
  3. to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)
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