noun🔗ShareLe masculin(grammar) The masculine gender."In French, "le livre" (the book) is an example of the masculine gender. "En français, « le livre » (le livre) est un exemple du masculin.grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn mot de genre masculin(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". "Le masculin dans la phrase « Le garçon est heureux » se réfère au genre grammatical du nom « garçon ».grammarlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe masculinThat which is masculine."The teacher emphasized the masculine qualities of leadership in her class. "Le professeur a souligné les qualités masculines de leadership dans sa classe.humanbeingsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHomme(possibly obsolete) A man."In former times, the position of headmaster was often held by a masculine. "Autrefois, le poste de directeur était souvent occupé par un homme.personhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMasculin, virilOf or pertaining to the male gender; manly."My brother has a very masculine style of dress. "Mon frère a un style vestimentaire très masculin.sexhumanbodypersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMasculinOf or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female."My brother has a very masculine physique. "Mon frère a un physique très masculin.sexbiologyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMasculinBelonging to males; typically used by males."“John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names."« John », « Paul » et « Jake » sont des noms masculins.humansexculturesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMasculinHaving the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate."He presented a very masculine argument during the debate, emphasizing strength and directness. "Il a présenté un argument très masculin pendant le débat, en mettant l'accent sur la force et la franchise.sexbodycharacterhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMasculin(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). "En espagnol, le mot « libro » (livre) est masculin et prend donc l'article « el » (le).grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
