male

Etymology
From, borrowed from , (Modern French ), from , diminutive of. . Displaced native, derived from the noun , which had the secondary sense “penis.”

Adjective

 * 1) Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
 * male writers
 * the leading male and female singers
 * a male bird feeding a seed to a female
 * in bee colonies, all drones are male
 * intersex male patients
 * 1) Characteristic of this sex/gender.
 * stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration
 * 1) Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
 * the male chromosome;  like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
 * 1)  Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
 * 2)  Having the ; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
 * 3)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
 * 1) Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
 * the male chromosome;  like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
 * 1)  Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
 * 2)  Having the ; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
 * 3)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
 * 1)  Having the ; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
 * 2)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
 * 1)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
 * 1)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
 * 1)  Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Coordinate terms

 * ; androgynous; intersex; non-binary
 * : see also masculine

Translations

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 * Italian: ,
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Noun

 * 1) One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
 * 2) A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
 * 3) An animal of the sex that has testes.
 * 4) A plant of the masculine sex.
 * 5) A bacterium which has the.
 * 6) A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
 * 1) A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
 * 1) A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
 * 1) A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Usage notes
Similar to objections over the usage of female(s) as a noun, some people find it dehumanizing to refer to men as "male(s)" due to its zoological use, especially in non-technical contexts. It is frequently used in police blotters, dispatches, reports, and legal, medical, or physiological documents to encompass boys and men, further fueling aversion through this association with criminality and/or vice.

Translations

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 * Guaraní:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Tupinambá:

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , which could be related to. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) To paint.

Etymology 2
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) To grind, mill.

Etymology
From prefix.

Adverb

 * 1) on the contrary
 * 2) opposingly; in opposition

Etymology
From, a word attested in the 13th century. Coined by.

Noun

 * 1)  chess

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1) to marry

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) badly, wrongly

Noun

 * 1) evil, harm
 * 2) pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) badly
 * 2) wrongly
 * 3) cruelly, wickedly
 * 4) not much; feebly
 * 1) cruelly, wickedly
 * 2) not much; feebly
 * 1) not much; feebly

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) To mill.

Etymology 1
,, from , from ; compare and.

Noun

 * 1) A man; a male human or animal.
 * 2)  A "male" gem or plant.
 * 3)  Manhood; the state of being.

Adjective

 * 1)  of masculine sex or gender

Etymology 2
and continental, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A bag, pack, or wallet.
 * 2) The belly or one of its contents; a gut.

Etymology 3
, from, of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1)  The appletree  or its fruit.

Etymology 1
From and.

Verb

 * 1) To paint.

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) To grind or mill (to make smaller by breaking with a device).
 * 2) To purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)

Verb

 * , to paint.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) pack, bag

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) badly

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) hungry