male

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
3. (not-comparable, usually) Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
4. (form-of, masculine, not-comparable, usually) Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
5. (not-comparable, usually) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
6. (figuratively, not-comparable, usually) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Noun

1. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
2. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
3. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
4. A bacterium which has the F factor.
5. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Synonyms

man

👨

masculine

boy

👦

husband

🤵

manly

♂️

male person

virile

he

👨

cock

protruding

gent

buck

bull

fellow

Man

👨

males

manful

manlike

man’s

masculinity

menfolk

sire

male connector

men

male-

manliness

convex

umbonate

married man

brilliant

sexual organs

positive electricity

old man

paramour

person

🧑‍🦱

pig

🐖

plug

positive

bright

male being

small

solar

son

stallion

stiff

strong

sun

🌞

brave

virility

male contact

Translations

mâle

♂️

macho

♂️

maschio

♂️

macho

♂️

männlich

♂️

homme

👨

mannelijk

♂️

mascle

♂️

Mann

👨

varón

αρσενικός

masculino

Männchen

hombre

👨

maschile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: male

In summary

Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -culus
Latin masculus
Vulgar Latin masclus
Old French maslebor.
Middle English male
English male
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “penised”), derived from the noun wǣpn (“weapon”), which had the secondary sense “penis”.

Sentences

The male has a black bill , whereas the female has red on the mandibles .

Each plant produces either functionally male flowers or functionally female flowers .