different between virile vs muscularize

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

Alternative forms

• muscularise

Etymology

muscular +? -ize

Verb

muscularize (third-person singular simple present muscularizes, present participle muscularizing, simple past and past participle muscularized)

1. 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.

2. (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.