masculin

English

Adjective

masculin (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Obsolete form of masculine.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French masculin, borrowed from Latin māsculīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ky.lɛ̃/

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• Hyphenation: mas‧cu‧lin
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Adjective

masculin (feminine masculine, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculines)

1. male
2. masculine
3. (grammar) masculine

Noun

masculin m (plural masculins)

1. (grammar) masculine (masculine word)

   Antonym: féminin

Synonyms

• mâle

Related terms

• masculiniser
• masculinité

Further reading

• “masculin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• culminas

Interlingua

Adjective

masculin (comparative plus masculin, superlative le plus masculin)

1. masculine, male

Antonyms

• feminin

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

masculin m (feminine singular masculina, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculinas)

1. masculine (relating to or apt for a male)
2. (grammar) masculine

Related terms

• mascle

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 631.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Adjective

masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)

1. (grammar) masculine

Noun

masculin oblique singular, m (oblique plural masculins, nominative singular masculins, nominative plural masculin)

1. (grammar) masculine
   • E. Stengel (editor), Die ältesten Anleitungsschriften zur Erlernung der französischen Sprache, in: Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Litteratur, vol. I, 1879, p. 29:

     Mais cy endroit il fault scavoir que chescun adjectif de femenyn genre doit finir (ou) en un e, et (c'est) quant son masculin fine en e, [...]

References

• masculin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus, French masculin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmas.kuˈlin/

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Adjective

masculin m or n (feminine singular masculină, masculine plural masculini, feminine and neuter plural masculine)

1. masculine, manly
2. (grammar, of nouns, adjectives, etc.) masculine

   "bărbat" este un substantiv masculin.

   "bărbat" (man) is a masculine noun.

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	masculin		masculină		masculini	masculine
	definite	masculinul		masculina		masculinii	masculinele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	masculin		masculine		masculini	masculine
	definite	masculinului		masculinei		masculinelor	masculinilor

Synonyms

• bărbătesc
• viril

Antonyms

• femeiesc
• feminin

Related terms

• masculinitate