masculinity

English

Etymology

From masculine + noun of state suffix -ity. From Latin noun masculinitas, from adjective masculinus, masculine, diminutive of masculus, + noun of state suffix -tas

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/, X-SAMPA: /%m{skj@"lInIti/

Noun

masculinity (usually uncountable; plural masculinities)

1. The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness

Derived terms

• hypermasculinity

Translations

degree or property of being masculine

• Basque: maskulinotasun (eu)
• Bengali: পুরুষত্ব (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男子特徵 (cmn), 男子特征 (cmn) (nánzǐ tèzhēng)

• Esperanto: vireco (eo)
• French: masculinité (fr) f
• German: Männlichkeit (de) f
• Hindi: मर्दानगी (hi) (mardāngī) f
• Italian: mascolinità (it) f
• Japanese: 男らしさ (ja) (otoko-rashisa)
• Maltese: maskulinità (mt) f

• Persian: مردانگی (fa) (mardânegi)
• Portuguese: masculinidade (pt) f
• Romanian: masculinitate (ro) f
• Russian: мужественность (ru) (múžestvennost') f
• Serbo-Croatian: mužévnōst (sh) f, муже́вно̄ст (sh) f, mȕškōst (sh) f, му̏шко̄ст (sh) f
• Spanish: masculinidad (es) f
• Tajik: мардонагӣ (tg) (mardonagī)
• Telugu: మగతనం (te) (magatanam)
• Urdu: مردانگی (ur) (mardāngī) f
• Zulu: ubudoda (zu) 14