noun🔗Share(grammar) The masculine gender."In French, "le livre" (the book) is an example of the masculine gender. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(grammar) A word of the masculine gender."The masculine in the sentence "The boy is happy" refers to the grammatical gender of the noun "boy". "grammarlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which is masculine."The teacher emphasized the masculine qualities of leadership in her class. "humanbeingsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(possibly obsolete) A man."In former times, the position of headmaster was often held by a masculine. "personhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or pertaining to the male gender; manly."My brother has a very masculine style of dress. "sexhumanbodypersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female."My brother has a very masculine physique. "sexbiologyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBelonging to males; typically used by males."“John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names."humansexculturesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate."He presented a very masculine argument during the debate, emphasizing strength and directness. "sexbodycharacterhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions."In Spanish, the word "libro" (book) is considered masculine and therefore takes the article "el" (the). "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
