masculine

adjective

/ˈmæskjəlɪn/

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having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men
- He was handsome and strong, and very masculine.
- That suit makes her look very masculine.
compare feminine, male
Extra Examples
- She has a very masculine face.
- That's a typically masculine attitude!
- We assume that stereotypically masculine traits are more suited to the military.
- More women are now entering traditionally masculine domains such as construction.
Topics People in societyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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(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.
Topics Languagec1
(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.
Topics Languagec1

Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.

masculine

noun

/ˈmæskjəlɪn/

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the masculine
[singular] the masculine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns)
[countable] a masculine word or word formTopics Languagec1

compare feminine, neuter

Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.

单词	masculine
释义	masculine adjective /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ jump to other results having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men He was handsome and strong, and very masculine. That suit makes her look very masculine. compare feminine, male Extra Examples She has a very masculine face. That's a typically masculine attitude! We assume that stereotypically masculine traits are more suited to the military. More women are now entering traditionally masculine domains such as construction. Topics People in societyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry (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. Topics Languagec1 (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. Topics Languagec1 Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’. masculine noun /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ jump to other results the masculine [singular] the masculine gender (= form of nouns, adjectives and pronouns) [countable] a masculine word or word formTopics Languagec1 compare feminine, neuter Word Originlate Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.
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