different between virile vs virilization

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

virile +? -ization

Noun

virilization (countable and uncountable, plural virilizations)

1. Development of the sex characteristics that are typically found in men.

Synonyms

• masculinization

Antonyms

• feminization

Related terms

• virile
• virility
• virilizer

Translations

Further reading

• virilization at OneLook Dictionary Search