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masculine
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)
- Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
- Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
- Synonym: male
- Antonyms: female, womanly
- Belonging to males; typically used by males.
- 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
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages
- (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 some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
- Coordinate terms: feminine, neuter
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
masculine (plural masculines)
- (grammar) The masculine gender.
- (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
- (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.
Translations
Anagrams
- calumnies, manicules, semuncial
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.ky.lin/
Adjective
masculine
- feminine singular of masculin
Latin
Adjective
mascul?ne
- 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
- feminine plural nominative of masculin
- feminine plural accusative of masculin
- neuter plural nominative of masculin
- neuter plural accusative of masculin
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muscularize
English
Alternative forms
- muscularise
Etymology
muscular +? -ize
Verb
muscularize (third-person singular simple present muscularizes, present participle muscularizing, simple past and past participle muscularized)
- To increase the size of the muscles.
- 1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, page 159
- Advanced freehand exercises shape and muscularize the body in a unique way; all the world's best-built men include them in their workouts.
- 1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, page 159
- (transitive) To make (something) more masculine, virile, or militaristic.
- 2002, L. Dean Allen, Rise Up, O Men of God: the Men and Religion Forward Movement and Promise Keepers, page 73
- Perhaps the most famous example of this impulse to muscularize Christianity in the early twentieth century was evangelist Billy Sunday.
- 2002, L. Dean Allen, Rise Up, O Men of God: the Men and Religion Forward Movement and Promise Keepers, page 73
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- what does muscularized mean
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