Meaning

4 senses

  1. The masculine gender.

    Maskulinum, maskulines Genus, männliches Geschlecht

    мужско́й родmužskój rod

    чолові́чий рідčolovíčyj rid

  2. A word of the masculine gender.

  3. That which is masculine.

  4. (obsolete, possibly, rare)A man.

More definitions
  • a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Examples

72 sentences

  1. Some women look more masculine than feminine.

    Деякі жінки виглядають більш мужоподібно, ніж жіночно. — ChickenKiev

    ruНекоторые женщины выглядят скорее мужественными, чем женственными. — odexed

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  2. The radio announcer had a masculine voice.

    deDer Radiosprecher hatte eine männliche Stimme. — xtofu80

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  3. I heard a masculine voice calling my name.

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  4. Tom isn't very masculine.

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  5. Men like to look masculine.

    ruМужчинам нравится выглядеть мужественными. — elsteris

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(grammar) the masculine gender:
Русский
By meaning 1
(grammar) the masculine gender:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(grammar) the masculine gender:

Origin

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus,

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”).

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Forms

plural: masculines

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mascaramascarponemascotmasculinitymashB1masher
masculine — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto