masculine

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
• Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
• Belonging to males; typically used by males.
• Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
• Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

Noun

• The masculine gender.
• A word of the masculine gender.
• That which is masculine.
• A man.

Origin

• From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus, itself a diminutive of mās. Displaced native .