masculine
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- 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.
Noun
- The masculine gender.
- A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
- A man.
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