Definition of masculine Masculine

/mæˈskjʌlʌn/ - [matskyulun] - mas•cu•line

We found 29 definitions of masculine from 6 different sources.

What does masculine mean?

Noun Plural: masculines
masculine - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Adjective
masculine - associated with men and not with women
		feminine associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"
		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"
		manful, manly, manlike possessing qualities befitting a man
		masculine associated with men and not with women
		macho, butch (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance
		manful, manly, male, manlike, virile possessing qualities befitting a man
masculine - of grammatical gender
		feminine associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"
		masculine associated with men and not with women
masculine - (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
		accented, stressed bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

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masculine (Noun)
The masculine gender.
masculine (Noun)
That which is masculine.
masculine (Noun)
A man.
masculine (Adjective)
Pertaining to male humans, men.
masculine (Adjective)
manly; having the qualities associated with men; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; not feminine or effeminate; virile.
masculine (Adjective)
Henry Hallam — That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
masculine (Adjective)
Thomas Fuller — A masculine church.
masculine (Adjective)
male; having male biology, not female; of the male sex.
masculine (Adjective)
Geoffrey Chaucer — Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
masculine (Adjective)
Belonging to men; appropriated to, or used by, men.
masculine (Adjective)
“John”, “Paul”, and “Harry” are masculine names.
masculine (Adjective)
In many inflected languages.
masculine (Adjective)
Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
masculine (Adjective)
The noun Student is masculine in German.
masculine (Adjective)
Being inflected in agreement with the masculine.
masculine (Adjective)
German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.

masculine (a.)
Of the male sex; not female.
masculine (a.)
Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
masculine (a.)
Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
masculine (a.)
Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

masculine
A male specific gender of a word as used by some languages.
masculine
Belonging to the masculine grammatical gender.
masculine
Associated with men and his features, in contrast to those of women.