masculine
Plural: masculines
Noun
- a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- The masculine gender.
- A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
- A man.
Adjective
- of grammatical gender
- associated with men and not with women
Adjective Satellite
- (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
- "a masculine cadence"
- "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
Adj
- 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.
- Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
- 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.
- Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
- Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
- Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
- Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
Examples
- German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
- Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.
- The noun Student is masculine in German.
- “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Antonyms
feminine, neuter, effeminate, emasculated, epicene, female, unmanly, womanly
Scrabble Score: 13
masculine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmasculine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
masculine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary