masculine
adjective
1. of grammatical gender
Similar word(s): masculine
2. associated with men and not with women
Similar word(s): manful, manlike, manly, male, butch, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, virile, mannish, masculine
3. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
- a masculine cadence
- the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'
Similar word(s): accented, stressed
Sentences with masculine as an adjective:
- “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
- The noun Student is masculine in German.
- German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
noun
1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Definition categories: communication, gender