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muscular
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)
- Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- Brawny, thewy, having strength.
- Synonyms: athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong
- Having large, well-developed muscles.
- Synonyms: beefy, brawny, buff, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, swole, well-built
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
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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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