English Dictionary

masculine

/ˈmæskjʊlɪn/

adj

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.

He is a strong and masculine man.

意味（1）

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

意味（2）

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

意味（3）

Belonging to males; typically used by males.

“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.

意味（4）

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.

That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.

意味（5）

(of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

The noun Student is masculine in German.

意味（6）

(of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.

German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.

意味（7）

(grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.

Coordinate term: feminine