male
English
/meɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. Compare m
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- (grammar) Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English male derived from Old French malle derived from Latin masculus (male, a male, masculine).
Origin
Latin
masculus
Gloss
male, a male, masculine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
雄
Emoji
🐏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alta English
- alta-male English
- antimale English
- bot English
- heteromale English
- intermale English
- mail English
- male tank English
- malebot English
- maledom English
- maleless English
- malelessness English
- maleness English
- maleocracy English
- malesub English
- metamale English
- multimale English
- neomale English
- nonmale English
- pseudomale English
- she English
- shemale English
- sub English
- supermale English
- tank English
- trans English
- trans male English
- masclus Latin
- masculetum Latin
- masculus Latin
- mās Latin
- masculo Italian
- macho Spanish, Castilian
- másculo Portuguese
- MtX Japanese
- male Middle English
- mála Irish
- malle Old French
- mascul Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mascur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- màla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mashkull Albanian
- MtX Chinese
- mascur Aromanian
- *malhu Frankish
- mas-cio Venetian
- male xno
- mascur Megleno-Romanian