masculine
/ˈmæskjələn/noun, adjective3 syllables
Masculine means: associated with men and not with women.
Synonyms for masculine15
adjective, as in associated with men and not with women
also used for masculine
masc, Of a woman, tomboyish, unfeminine, unladylike
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Opposites of masculine
What does masculine mean?4
adjective
1
associated with men and not with women
2
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable“a masculine cadence”
3
male (of grammatical gender)
noun
1
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Masculine in a sentence
- If you ask me, a t-shirt is very masculine.beatrixvasc
- When you call me by masculine terms, it undermines my experience and truth.Nuel
- When people use masculine terms for me, it feels deeply invalidating to my experience.Nuel
- Russian nouns can be masculine, feminine, or neuter.ddnktr
- Enjoyment, despite being a masculine word in gendered languages, is independent of gender.carlosalberto
- What's a more masculine way of saying it?DJ_Saidez
- He's the most masculine guy you could imagine.Nuel
- How would you say it in a more masculine way?DJ_Saidez
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of masculine
as a noun
- plural
- masculines