virile

English

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪrəl

Adjective

virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)

1. Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Antonyms

• nonvirile

Translations

being manly

Armenian: առնական (hy) (aṙnakan) Catalan: viril (ca), masculí (ca) Czech: mužský (cs) Dutch: viriel (nl), mannelijk (nl) Finnish: miehekäs (fi), miehuullinen (fi), viriili (fi) French: viril (fr) Latin: virilis (la)

Lithuanian: vyriškas (lt) Polish: męski (pl) m. Romanian: viril (ro) Spanish: viril (es) Swedish: viril (sv), manlig (sv) Turkish: erkeksi (tr), maskulen (tr)

Derived terms

• virility

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Danish

Adjective

virile

1. definite of viril
2. plural of viril

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /viʁil/

Adjective

virile

1. feminine form of viril

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin virilis

Adjective

virile m. and f. (m and f plural virili)

1. virile

Synonyms

• maschile

Antonyms

• femminile

Derived terms

• virilità
• virilmente

Anagrams

• rilevi, riveli

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Latin

Adjective

virīle n.

1. neuter of virilis

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Romanian

Adjective

virile f. and n. pl.

1. feminine plural nominative form of viril
2. feminine plural accusative form of viril
3. neuter plural nominative form of viril
4. neuter plural accusative form of viril