different between male vs virile
male
English
Etymology
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of m?s (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: m?l, IPA(key): /me?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: mail
Adjective
male (not generally comparable, comparative maler or more male, superlative malest or most male)
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
- male writers
- the leading male and female singers
- a male bird feeding a seed to a female
- in bee colonies, all drones are male
- intersex male patients
- 1995, Gill Van Hasselt, Childbirth: Your Choices for Managing Pain (Taylor Pub, ?ISBN):
- We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.
- 2016, Tobias Raun, Out Online (?ISBN):
- Whereas many other trans male vloggers use the videos to assert a conventionally recognizable masculinity through sculpting and carrying their bodies as well as dressing and talking in masculine-coded ways, Carson explores and plays with ways of expressing femininity within (trans) maleness.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
- stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration
- 2006, Bonnie Roberts, Bruises on the Heart (?ISBN), page 118:
- A bright light was shone in her eye and then she heard a kind, male voice who she figured must be Dr. Smith. “Yes, let her rest now, but keep an eye on her blood pressure and her pulse. Check her about every 15 or 20 minutes. Call me if any problem occurs.”
- 2004, Mino Vianello, Gwen Moore, Women and Men in Political and Business Elites: A Comparative Study (?ISBN):
- More than that, we cannot find the same dynamics within female career trajectories as in the other two country groups, because the time-structure of female and male careers already shows great similarity within the older generation of elites. In addition, the pattern of the relation between female and male careers remains the same over time.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- the male chromosome; like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
- (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
- 2012, Sinéad Leleu, Michaela Greck-Ismair, German Pen Pals Made Easy KS3
- If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'.
- 2012, Sinéad Leleu, Michaela Greck-Ismair, German Pen Pals Made Easy KS3
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. [from 16th c.]
- 1982, Popular Science, page 119:
- Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;
- 1982, Popular Science, page 119:
Synonyms
- manly, mannish, masculine
- (figurative: of instuments, etc): plug, pin
Coordinate terms
- female; androgynous; intersex; non-binary
- (grammar): female: see also masculine
Derived terms
- male-assigned, cis male, trans male
- male-dominated
Translations
Noun
male (plural males)
- One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
- A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
- An animal of the sex that has testes.
- A plant of the masculine sex.
- A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
Antonyms
- female
Hyponyms
- man, boy
Translations
See also
- macho
- ? (symbol for male)
- sex, gender, gender identity
Anagrams
- -meal, Elam, Elma, Leam, Lema, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, lema, meal, mela, mela-
Afar
Etymology
From maléey (“no”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??le/
Particle
malé
- no
Synonyms
- maléey
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?l?/, [?mæ?l?]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German m?len (“to draw, paint”), from Proto-Germanic *m?l?n?, which could be related to *mail? (“spot, blemish, mark”). Cognate with Icelandic mála (“to paint”).
Verb
male (imperative mal, present maler, past malede or malte, past participle malet or malt)
- To paint.
Derived terms
- maler (“painter”)
- maleri (“painting”)
- maling (“paint”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malan? (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, rub, break up”). Cognate with Icelandic mala.
Verb
male (imperative mal, infinitive at male, present tense maler, past tense malede, perfect tense er/har malet)
- To grind, mill.
Derived terms
- maling (“grinding”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
male
- (archaic) Dative singular form of maal
Verb
male
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of malen
Esperanto
Etymology
From prefix mal- (antonym) +? -e (indicates adverbs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?male/
- Hyphenation: ma?le
- Rhymes: -ale
- Audio:
Adverb
male
- on the contrary
- opposingly; in opposition
Estonian
Etymology
From malev (“army”), a word attested in the 13th century Livonian Chronicle of Henry. Coined by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.
Noun
male (genitive male, partitive malet)
- (board games) chess
Declension
See also
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?l?
Verb
male
- inflection of malen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Italian
Etymology
From Latin male.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.le/
Adverb
male (comparative: peggio; superlative: malissimo)
- badly, wrongly
- Antonym: bene
Noun
male m (plural mali)
- evil, harm
- pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease
Antonyms
- bene
Derived terms
Related terms
- malfare
- malo
- malvagio
Adjective
male
- (archaic) feminine plural of malo (“bad”)
See also
- dolore
Anagrams
- alme
- lame
- mela
Latin
Etymology
From malus (“bad, wicked”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ma.le/, [?mä???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ma.le/, [?m??l?]
Adverb
male (comparative p?ius, superlative pessim?)
- badly
- wrongly
- cruelly, wickedly
- not much; feebly
Derived terms
- maled?c?
- malefaci?
- n?n male
Related terms
- malus
Descendants
References
- male in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- male in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- male in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch m?len, from Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malan?.
Verb
male
- To mill.
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mála and Middle Low German malen
Verb
male (imperative mal, present tense maler, passive males, simple past malte, past participle malt, present participle malende)
- To paint.
See also
- måle (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mala
Verb
male (imperative mal, present tense maler, passive males, simple past mol or malte, past participle malt, present participle malende)
- To grind or mill (to make smaller by breaking with a device).
- To purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)
Derived terms
- den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt (to mill)
- hvitmalt (painted white)
- maleri (painting)
- male seg inn i et hjørne (to paint)
- maling (paint, painting)
- rødmalt (painted red)
- skjønnmale (to paint)
- umalt (both senses)
References
- “male” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
male (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)
- Alternative form of mala
Etymology 2
Verb
male (present tense malar, past tense mala, past participle mala, passive infinitive malast, present participle malande, imperative mal)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by måle, to paint.
Old French
Alternative forms
- malle
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mala, from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”).
Noun
male f (oblique plural males, nominative singular male, nominative plural males)
- pack, bag
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: male
- ? Middle English: male, maile, mayll
- English: mail
- Scots: male, mail
- ?? Irish: mála (or perhaps via English)
- ? Middle English: male, maile, mayll
- Middle French: malle
- French: malle
- ? Portuguese: mala
- ? Spanish: mala
- Gallo: mol
- Walloon: male (Forrières)
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
male
- locative singular of mala (“dirt”)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin male. Compare Italian male.
Adverb
male
- badly
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
male
- inflection of mal:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
male From the web:
virile
English
Etymology
Middle French viril, from Latin virilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v???l/, /?v??a?l/
- Rhymes: -???l, -a?l
Adjective
virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
- Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
Antonyms
- nonvirile
- muliebrile
- muliebral
Derived terms
- virility
Related terms
- See virtue#Related_terms
Translations
Danish
Adjective
virile
- definite singular of viril
- plural of viril
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.?il/
Adjective
virile
- feminine singular of viril
Italian
Etymology
From Latin virilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?ri.le/
Adjective
virile (plural virili)
- virile
- Synonym: maschile
- Antonym: femminile
Derived terms
- virilità
- virilmente
Anagrams
- rilevi, riveli
Latin
Adjective
vir?le
- inflection of vir?lis:
- nominative neuter singular
- accusative neuter singular
- vocative neuter singular
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
virile
- inflection of viril:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
virile
- inflection of viril:
- definite singular
- plural
Anagrams
- livrei, livréi
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?rile/
Adjective
virile f pl or n pl
- nominative feminine plural of viril
- accusative feminine plural of viril
- nominative neuter plural of viril
- accusative neuter plural of viril
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