masculine

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English

Etymology

From Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”).

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Adjective

masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)

  1. pertaining to male humans, men:
    1. manly; having the qualities associated with men; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; not feminine or effeminate; virile (only in this sense, does the adjective compare)
      • Henry Hallam — That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
      • Thomas Fuller — A masculine church.
    2. male; having male biology, not female; of the male sex (rare)
    3. belonging to men; appropriated to, or used by, men
      “John”, “Paul”, and “Harry” are masculine names.
  2. (grammar) in many inflected languages:
    1. (of a noun) being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner
      The noun Student is masculine in German.
    2. (of some other parts of speech) being inflected in agreement with the masculine
      German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.

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French

Adjective

masculine f.

  1. Feminine of masculin

Romanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

masculine

  1. feminine plural nominative form of masculin
  2. feminine plural accusative form of masculin
  3. neuter plural nominative form of masculin
  4. neuter plural accusative form of masculin

 

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