Definitions for masculine
ˈmæs kyə lɪnmas·cu·line

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. masculineadjective

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

2. masculineadjective

   of grammatical gender

3. masculineadjective

   associated with men and not with women

4. masculineadjective

   (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

   "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. masculineadjective

   pertaining to male humans, men:

2. masculineadjective

   in many inflected languages:

3. Etymology: From masculin, from masculinus, diminutive of masculus, itself a diminutive of mas.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. MASCULINEadjective

   Etymology: masculin, Fr. masculinus, Latin.

   1. Male; not female.

   Pray God, she prove not masculine ere long! William Shakespeare.

   His long beard noteth the air and fire, the two masculine elements exercising their operation upon nature being the feminine. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

   O! why did God,
   Creator wise! that peopl’d highest heav’n
   With spirits masculine, create at last
   This novelty on earth, this fair defect
   Of nature? John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   2. Resembling man; virile; not soft; not effeminate.

   You find something bold and masculine in the air and posture of the first figure, which is that of virtue. Addison.

   3. [In grammar.] It denotes the gender appropriated to the male kind in any word, though not always expressing sex.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Masculineadjective

   of the male sex; not female

2. Masculineadjective

   having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust

3. Masculineadjective

   belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males

4. Masculineadjective

   having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender

5. Etymology: [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Masculine

   Associated with men; befitting or characteristic of a man.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Masculine

   mas′kū-lin, adj. of the male sex: having the qualities of a man: resembling a man, or suitable to a man: robust: of a woman, bold, forward, unwomanly: denoting nouns which are names of males.—n. (gram.) the masculine gender.—adv. Mas′culinely.—ns. Mas′culineness, Masculin′ity. [Fr.,—L. masculinus—masculus, male—mas, a male.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. MASCULINE

   From Grk. _maskos_, girl, and _eukolos_, easy. Easy for the girls.

Matched Categories

1. • Music

Anagrams for masculine »

1. calumnies

2. manicules

3. simulance

4. semuncial

How to pronounce masculine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say masculine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of masculine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of masculine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of masculine in a Sentence

1. Erik Denison:

   We often find that male coaches continue to use homophobic language and teach conformity to this tough masculine athlete identity that doesn't really exist.

2. Kelly Dittmar:

   We're seeing gendered and racialized images and messages from both men and women candidates, some of the things we're watching in this regard are efforts to align with masculine preferences of a Trump base of Republicans.

3. Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation, 1966:

   What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

4. Camille Paglia:

   In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

5. Cristian Parvulescu:

   Christian Orthodox countries are masculine societies where justice is the result of negotiation.

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