masculine
pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.
Grammar. noting or pertaining to the gender of Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., which has among its members most nouns referring to males, as well as other nouns, as Spanish dedo, “finger,” German Bleistift, “pencil.”
(of a woman) mannish.
the masculine gender.
a noun or other element in or marking that gender.
Origin of masculine
1synonym study For masculine
Other words for masculine
Other words from masculine
- mas·cu·line·ly, adverb
- mas·cu·lin·i·ty, mas·cu·line·ness, noun
- hy·per·mas·cu·line, adjective
- hy·per·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb
- hy·per·mas·cu·line·ness, noun
- hy·per·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun
- non·mas·cu·line, adjective
- non·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb
- non·mas·cu·line·ness, noun
- non·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun
- pseu·do·mas·cu·line, adjective
- su·per·mas·cu·line, adjective
- su·per·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun
- ul·tra·mas·cu·line, adjective
- un·mas·cu·line, adjective
- un·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with masculine
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How to use masculine in a sentence
One of them was saying, “And I maintain that his morality is pre-Meccanian; he lacks super-masculinity.”
Meccania | Owen Gregory
British Dictionary definitions for masculine
/ (ˈmæskjʊlɪn) /
possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly
unwomanly
grammar
denoting a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some male animate referents
(as noun): German ``Weg'' is a masculine
Origin of masculine
1Derived forms of masculine
- masculinely, adverb
- masculinity or rare masculineness, noun
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