virile

English

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪɹəl/, /ˈvɪɹaɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, -aɪl

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)
• Galician: viril (gl) m
• Latin: virilis (la)

• Lithuanian: vyriškas (lt)
• Polish: męski (pl) m
• Romanian: viril (ro)
• Russian: вирильный (ru) (virilʹnyj)
• 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 pl and n pl

1. feminine pluralnominative form of viril
2. feminine pluralaccusative form of viril
3. neuter pluralnominative form of viril
4. neuter pluralaccusative form of viril