masculine
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/, /ˈmæskjələn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmæskjulɪn/, /ˈmæskjələn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AusE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmæskjələn/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)
- Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
- Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
- Belonging to males; typically used by males.
- “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
- Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Hallam and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?):
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- (Can we date this quote by Thomas Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?):
- […] a masculine church.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry Hallam and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?):
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
- The noun Student is masculine in German.
- (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
- German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (of the male sex): female, womanly
- (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender): emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate
- (grammar): feminine, neuter
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
of the male sex; biologically male, not female; manly
|
belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males
|
having male qualities, not feminine or effeminate
|
grammar: being of the masculine class, being inflected in the masculine manner
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Noun
masculine (plural masculines)
- (grammar) The masculine gender.
- 2009, Carlos Quiles, Fernando López-Menchero, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition:
- The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.
- (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
- 1905, George Theodore Dippold, A German grammar for high schools and colleges:
- As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]
- That which is masculine.
- 2004, Leonora Leet, The Universal Kabbalah:
- These forces would also seem to reflect the gender distinction that can be made with respect to the divine, the feminine associated with the divine as immanent within the finite and the masculine with the divine transcendence and the infinite.
- (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.
- 1868, The Ladies' Repository, A Universalist Monthly Magazine For The Home Circle. Volume XXXIX [39][1], page 458 (left column):
- I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed.
Translations
(grammar) the masculine gender
|
(grammar) a word of the masculine gender
|
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
masculine
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) masculīne
References
- “masculine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- masculine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
masculine
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- Requests for date/Henry Hallam
- Requests for date/Thomas Fuller
- en:Grammar
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with rare senses
- English terms with obsolete senses
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French non-lemma forms
- French adjective forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian non-lemma forms
- Romanian adjective forms