virile
English
Etymology
Middle French viril, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin virilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
- Being 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
being manly
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pertaining to the grammatical gender
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Danish
Adjective
virile
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) virīle
- inflection of virīlis:
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile f pl or n pl
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