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masculine

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Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
  2. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  3. Belonging to males; typically used by males.
  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
  5. 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.
  6. Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions: Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
  7. Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
  8. Following or ending on a stressed syllable.

Noun

  1. The masculine gender.
  2. A word of the masculine gender.
  3. That which is masculine.
  4. A man.

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