different between masculineness vs masculine

English

Etymology

masculine +? -ness

Noun

masculineness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being masculine.

Synonyms

• manlikeness
• masculinity

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