Adjective: masculine mas-kyu-lin
- Possessing qualities befitting a man
"His masculine courage in the face of danger was admired by all";
- manly, manful, manlike
- Associated with men and not with women
"His masculine features included a strong jawline and broad shoulders"
- Male (of grammatical gender)
"In Spanish, 'el sol' (the sun) is a masculine noun"
- (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
"a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of ‘annoy, enjoy’"
- A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
"In Spanish, 'el sol' (the sun) is in the masculine gender"
Derived forms: masculines
See also: accented, butch [informal], macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, man-size, man-sized, stressed, virile
Type of: gender, grammatical gender
Encyclopedia: Masculine