masculin
English
Adjective
masculin (not comparable)
- (grammar) Obsolete form of masculine.
French
Etymology
From Old French masculin, borrowed from Latin māsculīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.ky.lɛ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Adjective
masculin (feminine masculine, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculines)
- male
- masculine
- (grammar) masculine
Noun
masculin m (plural masculins)
- (grammar) masculine (masculine word)
- Antonym: féminin
Synonyms
- mâle
Related terms
- masculiniser
- masculinité
Further reading
- “masculin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- culminas
Interlingua
Adjective
masculin (comparative plus masculin, superlative le plus masculin)
- masculine, male
Antonyms
- feminin
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
masculin m (feminine singular masculina, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculinas)
- masculine (relating to or apt for a male)
- (grammar) masculine
Related terms
- mascle
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 631.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus.
Adjective
masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)
- (grammar) masculine
Noun
masculin m (oblique plural masculins, nominative singular masculins, nominative plural masculin)
- (grammar) masculine
- E. Stengel (editor), Die ältesten Anleitungsschriften zur Erlernung der französischen Sprache, in: Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Litteratur, vol. I, 1879, p. 29:
- Mais cy endroit il fault scavoir que chescun adjectif de femenyn genre doit finir (ou) en un e, et (c'est) quant son masculin fine en e, [...]
- E. Stengel (editor), Die ältesten Anleitungsschriften zur Erlernung der französischen Sprache, in: Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Litteratur, vol. I, 1879, p. 29:
References
- masculin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus, French masculin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmas.kuˈlin/
Adjective
masculin m or n (feminine singular masculină, masculine plural masculini, feminine and neuter plural masculine)
- masculine, manly
- (grammar, of nouns, adjectives, etc.) masculine
- "bărbat" este un substantiv masculin.
- "bărbat" (man) is a masculine noun.
- "bărbat" este un substantiv masculin.
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | masculin | masculină | masculini | masculine | ||
definite | masculinul | masculina | masculinii | masculinele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | masculin | masculine | masculini | masculine | ||
definite | masculinului | masculinei | masculinilor | masculinelor |
Synonyms
- bărbătesc
- viril
Antonyms
- femeiesc
- feminin
Related terms
- masculinitate