virile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle French viril, from Latin virilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
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Translations[edit]
being manly
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pertaining to the grammatical gender
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Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile (plural virili)
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Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virīle
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile
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Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile f pl or n pl
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
virile
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