virile

Meaning

1. Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
2. Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
3. Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Synonyms

manly

♂️

masculine

male

♂️

manful

manlike

strong

potent

forceful

vigorous

macho

mature

mighty

muscular

possible

powerful

practicable

productive

prosperous

red-blooded

smacking

splitting

broad-chested

able-bodied

musculine

energetic

fertile

full-grown

grown-up

healthy

⚕️

intense

lusty

mannish

masculine gender

Translations

viril

viril

viril

♂️

virile

männlich

♂️

mannelijk

♂️

viril

maschile

ανδρικός

viril

mâle

♂️

virilis

♂️

αρσενικός

masculí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪɹ.əl/

Etymology

From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).