1 having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men:
He was handsome and strong, and very masculine. * a bold masculine design * That suit makes her look very masculine.
compareFEMININE, MALE
2 (grammar) belonging to a class of words that refer to male people or animals and often have a special form:
'He' and 'him' are masculine pronouns.
3 (grammar) (in some languages) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have masculine GENDER not FEMININE or NEUTER:
The French word for 'sun' is masculine.
Part of speech: noun
1 (the masculine) [sing.] the masculine GENDER (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns)
2 [C] a masculine word or word form
compareFEMININE, NEUTER
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of masculine come from?
This entry for masculine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is masculine a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, masculine is tagged as adjective.
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