Masculine dictionary definition

masculine

[mas′kyo̵̅o̅ lin, -kyə-]

adjective

The definition of masculine is something male or relating to or suitable for a boy or man.
1. An example of masculine used as an adjective is a masculine child, a baby boy.
2. An example of masculine used as an adjective is masculine facial hair, a mustache.

These two are masculine.

adjective

male; of men or boys
having qualities regarded as characteristic of men and boys, as strength, vigor, boldness, etc.; manly; virile
suitable to or characteristic of a man
mannish: said of women
Gram. designating, of, or belonging to the gender of words denoting or referring to males, as well as many other words to which no distinction of sex is attributed
Music designating or of a cadence ending on an accented note or chord
Prosody
1. ending with a stressed syllable, as a line of verse
2. designating or of rhyme in which the rhyming elements are stressed final syllables (Ex.: hill, fill, enjoy, destroy)

Origin of masculine

Middle English masculyn ; from Old French masculin ; from Classical Latin masculinus ; from masculus, male ; from mas, male

noun

Related Forms:

adjective

Of or relating to men or boys; male.
Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.
Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
Music Ending on an accented beat: a masculine cadence.

noun

Grammar
a. The masculine gender.
b. A word or word form of the masculine gender.
A male person.

Origin of masculine

Middle English masculin, from Old French, from Latin masculīnus, from masculus, male, diminutive of mās.

Related Forms:

Adjective

(comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have sex-based gender distinctions.
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 noun.
  German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.

Antonyms

(of the male sex): female, womanly
(having qualities stereotypical of the male gender): emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate
(grammar): feminine

Noun

(plural masculines)