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Masculine

//ˈmæskjʊlɪn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the male gender.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  3. 3
    Belonging to males; typically used by males.

    "“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names."

  4. 4
    Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.

    "That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy."

  5. 5
    Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.; Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

    "The noun Student is masculine in German."

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  1. 6
    Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.; Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.

    "German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student."

  2. 7
    Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
  3. 8
    Following or ending on a stressed syllable.

    "Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme."

Adjective
  1. 1
    associated with men and not with women wordnet
  2. 2
    male (of grammatical gender) wordnet
  3. 3
    (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The masculine gender.

    "The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used."

  2. 2
    a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male wordnet
  3. 3
    A word of the masculine gender.

    "As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]"

  4. 4
    That which is masculine.

    "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."

  5. 5
    A man. obsolete, possibly, rare

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).

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