masculine.
Of or pertaining to the male gender.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to the male gender.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
The noun Student is masculine in German.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.
Where this word comes from
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”).
The masculine gender.
A word of the masculine gender.
That which is masculine.
A man.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.