Masculine definition
A male person.
noun
(grammar) Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
adjective
Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.
adjective
(music) Designating or of a cadence ending on an accented note or chord.
adjective
The masculine gender.
noun
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Of or relating to men or boys; male.
adjective
Of or relating to men or boys; male.
adjective
Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.
adjective
Having qualities regarded as characteristic of men and boys, as strength, vigor, boldness, etc.; manly; virile.
adjective
Mannish.
adjective
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A word or form in this gender.
noun
Designating or of rhyme in which the rhyming elements are stressed final syllables (Ex.: hill/fill, enjoy/destroy)
adjective
(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.
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.
adjective
The masculine gender.
noun
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A word or word form of the masculine gender.
noun
Ending with a stressed syllable, as a line of verse.
adjective
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
“John", “Paul", and “Jake" are masculine names.
adjective
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adjective
(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.
adjective
(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
noun
(music) Ending on an accented beat.
A masculine cadence.
adjective
Suitable to or characteristic of a man.
adjective
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That which is masculine.
noun
Male; of men or boys.
adjective
A male person.
noun
(grammar) The masculine gender.
noun
Origin of masculine
- Middle English masculin from Old French from Latin masculīnus from masculus male diminutive of mās
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French masculin, from Latin masculÄ«nus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly"), itself a diminutive of mās (“male").
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