adjective
- The definition of masculine is something male or relating to or suitable for a boy or man.
- An example of masculine used as an adjective is a masculine child, a baby boy.
- An example of masculine used as an adjective is masculine facial hair, a mustache.
These two are masculine.
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
- ending with a stressed syllable, as a line of verse
- 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, malenoun
- the masculine gender
- a word or form in this gender
Related Forms:
- masculinely
adverb
- masculinity
noun
masculine
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:
- mas′cu·line·ly
adverb
- mas′cu·line·ness, mas′cu·lin′·ity
noun
masculine
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.
- “Johnâ€, “Paulâ€, 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.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
- The noun Student is masculine in German.
- (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.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
Noun
(plural masculines)
- (grammar) The masculine gender.
- (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
Origin
From Old French masculin, from Latin masculÄ«nus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manlyâ€), itself a diminutive of mÄs (“maleâ€).
