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 Definitions of Male  [ˈmɑ leɪ, -li]  

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Definition of 'Male' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) male
a person bearing an

2.  male
an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces a sperm cell or male gamete.

3.  male
a plant having a stamen or stamens.

4. (adj.) male
of, pertaining to, or being a male:
the male skeleton; a male squirrel.

5.  male
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a boy or man; masculine:
the male ego.

6.  male
composed of males:
a male choir.

7.  male
of or pertaining to a plant or its reproductive structure producing or containing microspores.

8.  male
(of seed plants) staminate.

9.  male
made to fit into a corresponding open or recessed part:
a male plug.

10. (n.) Male
the capital of the Maldives. 46,334.


Definition of 'Male' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) male
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

2. (noun) male, male person
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

3. (adj) Male
the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

4. (adj) male
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
"a male infant"; "a male holly tree"

5. (adj) male, manful, manlike, manly, virile
characteristic of a man
"a deep male voice"; "manly sports"

6. (adj) male
for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
"the male lead"; "the male population"


Definition of 'Male' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) male
female
a male tiger; I have plenty of male friends.; the male reproductive system

2. (noun) male
female
Three kittens - one male and two females.; Police are searching for a tall, blond male in his teens.


Definition of 'Male' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Male
evil; wicked; bad

2. (noun) Male
same as Mail, a bag

3. (noun) Male
an animal of the male sex

4. (noun) Male
a plant bearing only staminate flowers

5. (verb) Male
of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs

6. (verb) Male
capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them

7. (verb) Male
suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage

8. (verb) Male
consisting of males; as, a male choir

9. (verb) Male
adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc


Translation of 'Male' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a person, animal etc) of the sex having testes or an organ or organs performing a similar function; not (of) the sex which carries the young until birth etc
the male of the species; the male rabbit.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mannetjie, manlike Arabic flag Arabic: ذَكَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мъжки
Brazilian flag Brazilian: macho Czech flag Czech: samec; muž; samčí German flag German: männlich
Danish flag Danish: han; han-; -han Greek flag Greek: αρσενικό(ς) Spanish flag Spanish: macho, varón
Estonian flag Estonian: isane, isas- Farsi flag Farsi: نر Finnish flag Finnish: miespuolinen
French flag French: mâle Hebrew flag Hebrew: זָכָר Hindi flag Hindi: नर, पुरुष
Croatian flag Croatian: muški, mužjak Hungarian flag Hungarian: hím Indonesian flag Indonesian: jantan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: karl(dÿr) Italian flag Italian: maschio Japanese flag Japanese: 男 (の)
Korean flag Korean: 남성의, 수컷의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vyras, patinas Latvian flag Latvian: vīrietis; tēviņš
Malay flag Malay: lelaki Dutch flag Dutch: mannetje Norwegian flag Norwegian: mannlig, hann-
Polish flag Polish: mężczyzna, samiec płci mę Persian flag Persian: نر Pashto flag Pashto: نرينه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: macho Romanian flag Romanian: mas­cul; bărbat Russian flag Russian: мужчина;самец
Slovak flag Slovak: samec; muž; samčí; mužský Slovenian flag Slovenian: samec Serbian flag Serbian: muškog roda
Swedish flag Swedish: mansperson, hane, hanne; Thai flag Thai: ผู้ชาย; ซึ่งเป็นของผู้ชาย Turkish flag Turkish: erkek (insan/hayvan/bitki
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 男性 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чоловік; самець Urdu flag Urdu: جنس مذکر سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đàn ông; đực; trống Chinese flag Chinese: 男性

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