Meaning of masculine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the male gender
2. The masculine gender.
3. Of, characteristic of, or befitting the male sex:macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile.
4. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female
5. A word of the masculine gender.
6. manlikheid ذكورَه، صِفات الرُّجولَه мъжественост masculinidade mužskost; mužnost die Männlichkeit maskulinitet; mandighed ανδρισμός, αρρενωπότητα masculinidad mehelikkus رجولیت maskuliinisuus masculinitéגבריות पुरुषत्व muževnost férfiasság kejantanan karlmennska mascolinità 男性らしさ 사내다움 vyriškumas vīrišķība; vīrietība sifat kelakian mannelijkheidmandighetmęskość نارينتوب masculinidade masculinitate мужественность mužnosť moškost muškost manlighet ความเป็นชาย erkeklik, erillik 男性，男子氣概 мужність م...
7. Belonging to males; typically used by males
8. That which is masculine.
9. masculino-a, viril.
10. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly
11. A man.
    obsolete, possibly, rare
12. Of or relating to men or boys; male.
13. Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions
14. Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.
15. Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
    Grammar
16. Music Ending on an accented beat: a masculine cadence.
    Music
17. Grammar a. The masculine gender.
    Grammar
18. Archaic A male person.
    Archaic
19. possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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