masculine
IPA: mˈæskjʌɫʌn
noun
- (grammar) The masculine gender.
- (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
- (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.
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.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
- (of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
- (grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
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Examples of "masculine" in Sentences
- That was the genitive singular ending on what are called masculine strong nouns.
- So does “Madame Justice” work like a double negative and make the term masculine?
- The UAE government has launched a campaign against what it describes as masculine behaviour among women.
- Another: The aged masculine is marked down to an even some-more pitiable figure, even by a son who loves him.
- The GodMen, a group striving to make religion more masculine, is doing its best to fight the religious gender gap.
- It seems to me that defining assertive behavior as "masculine" is one of the factors that works against women's career advancement (but that's a different post).
- Her chin was strong, and the total of her face what we call masculine; but when she silently regarded her child, it grew beautiful with the radiant tenderness of protection.
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