different between muscular vs fleshy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin m?scul?ris in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?s.kj?.l?/, /?m?s.kj?.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?s.kj?.l?/, /?m?s.kju.l?/

Adjective

muscular (comparative more muscular, superlative most muscular)

1. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
2. Brawny, thewy, having strength.

   Synonyms: athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong
3. Having large, well-developed muscles.

   Synonyms: beefy, brawny, buff, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, swole, well-built

4. (figuratively) Robust, strong.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• myo-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin m?scul?ris

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mus.ku?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mus.ku?la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

muscular (masculine and feminine plural musculars)

1. muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)

Related terms

• múscul

Further reading

• “muscular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “muscular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “muscular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “muscular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

muscular m or f (plural musculares)

1. muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)

Related terms

• músculo

Further reading

• “muscular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

muscular (not comparable)

1. muscular

Related terms

• musculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin m?scul?ris

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu?.ku.?la?/
• Hyphenation: mus?cu?lar

Adjective

muscular m or f (plural musculares, comparable)

1. muscular (of or relating to muscles)

Related terms

• músculo

Romanian

Etymology

From French musculaire

Adjective

muscular m or n (feminine singular muscular?, masculine plural musculari, feminine and neuter plural musculare)

1. muscular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin m?scul?ris

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musku?la?/, [mus.ku?la?]

Adjective

muscular (plural musculares)

1. muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)

Derived terms

• fortalecimiento muscular
• perimuscular
• tono muscular

Related terms

• músculo

Further reading

• “muscular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl??i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

fleshy (comparative fleshier or more fleshy, superlative fleshiest or most fleshy)

1. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
2. (of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
   • 1908, Jack London, "The Heathen":

     He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.

   • 2009, Lisa Abend, "Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks," Time, 15 Jan.:

     It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.

Usage notes

• Fleshy is not necessarily negative in connotation (as fat, for example) and may be used to describe men or women.

Synonyms

• (having considerable flesh): corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-covered

Antonyms

• (having considerable flesh): bony, slender, slim

Translations

Anagrams

• shelfy