different between masculine vs manful

English

Alternative forms

• m., m (abbreviation, grammar)

Etymology

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin mascul?nus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of m?s (“male”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæskj?l?n/, /?mæskj?l?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæskjul?n/, /?mæskj?l?n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?mæskj?l?n/

Adjective

masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)

1. Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
2. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

   Synonym: male

   Antonyms: female, womanly

3. Belonging to males; typically used by males.

4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
   • 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages

     That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.

   • […] a masculine church.

   Synonyms: manly, virile

   Antonyms: effeminate, emasculated, epicene, unmanly

5. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
   1. (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

   2. (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

   Coordinate terms: feminine, neuter

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

masculine (plural masculines)

1. (grammar) The masculine gender.
2. (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
3. That which is masculine.
4. (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.

Translations

Anagrams

• calumnies, manicules, semuncial

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ky.lin/

Adjective

masculine

1. feminine singular of masculin

Latin

Adjective

mascul?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of mascul?nus

References

• masculine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• masculine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas.ku?li.ne]

Adjective

masculine

1. feminine plural nominative of masculin
2. feminine plural accusative of masculin
3. neuter plural nominative of masculin
4. neuter plural accusative of masculin

English

Etymology

From Middle English manful, manfull, equivalent to man +? -ful.

Adjective

manful (comparative more manful, superlative most manful)

1. Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly
2. (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded.

Derived terms

• manfully
• manfulness

See also

• mainful

Anagrams

• man flu

Middle English

Alternative forms

• man-ful, monful, manffull, manfull

Etymology

From mon +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manful/

Adjective

manful

1. Noble, brave, strong, daring, determined; displaying virtues seen as manly.

Derived terms

• manfully
• monfulnesse

Descendants

• English: manful
• Scots: manfull (obsolete)

References

• “manful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.