masculine gender
Grammatical category: male
Masculine gender is a grammatical category found in many languages, where nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are classified as masculine, feminine, or sometimes neuter.
In languages like Spanish or French, masculine gender affects word endings and agreement: el libro (the book) takes masculine articles and adjectives.
English retains grammatical gender mainly in pronouns: he, him, his.
The term also appears in discussions of gender identity, where it describes qualities traditionally associated with men or maleness.
- manlyTraditionally masculine in bearing
- virilePowerfully masculine
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- Greek godHellenistic divine being
rugged · dominant · assertive · strength · fatherhood · boyhood · boys will be boys · beard · five o'clock shadow · broad-shouldered · chest hair · patriarchal · old boys club · macho · butch · he · him · son
masculine genderfeminine gender
Grammatical class for female
femininity · womanhood · femaleness · womanliness · girlishness
masculine genderfeminine gender
Grammatical class for female
feminine · neuter · womanly · effeminate · epicene
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