different between virile vs manful

English

Etymology

Middle French viril, from Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v???l/, /?v??a?l/
• Rhymes: -???l, -a?l

Adjective

virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)

1. Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
2. (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
3. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Antonyms

• nonvirile
• muliebrile
• muliebral

Derived terms

• virility

Related terms

• See virtue#Related_terms

Translations

Danish

Adjective

virile

1. definite singular of viril
2. plural of viril

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?il/

Adjective

virile

1. feminine singular of viril

Italian

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?ri.le/

Adjective

virile (plural virili)

1. virile

   Synonym: maschile

   Antonym: femminile

Derived terms

• virilità
• virilmente

Anagrams

• rilevi, riveli

Latin

Adjective

vir?le

1. inflection of vir?lis:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. accusative neuter singular
   3. vocative neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

virile

1. inflection of viril:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

virile

1. inflection of viril:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• livrei, livréi

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?rile/

Adjective

virile f pl or n pl

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

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.