muscular
English
Etymology
Late 17th century from musculous + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.skjʊl.ə/
Audio (Berkshire) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.skjəl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
muscular (comparative more muscular, superlative most muscular)
- (relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- 1912 February–July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Under the Moons of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., OCLC 17392886; republished as “The Escape of the Dead”, in A Princess of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1917, OCLC 419578288, page 18:
- It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
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- Brawny, thewy, having strength.
- Synonyms: athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, page 43:
- It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, [...] The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.
- Having large, well-developed muscles.
- Synonyms: beefy, brawny, buff, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, swole, well-built
- (figurative) Robust, strong.
- Synonym: vigorous
- 2014 July 9, Samanth Subramanian, “India after English?”, in The New York Review of Books, archived from the original on 10 September 2019:
- Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that [Narendra] Modi was able to earn.
- Full-bodied
- muscular wine
Derived terms
- bimuscular
- cardiomuscular
- corticomuscular
- cutaneomuscular
- dermomuscular
- elastomuscular
- electromuscular
- epimuscular
- epitheliomuscular
- extramuscular
- faciomuscular
- faradomuscular
- fibromuscular
- hepatocardiomuscular
- hypermuscular
- idiomuscular
- intermuscular
- intramuscular
- ligamentomuscular
- most muscular
- muscular Christian
- muscular Christianity
- muscular dystrophy
- muscular endurance
- muscularity
- muscularize
- muscularly
- muscularness
- muscular pile
- nervomuscular
- neuromuscular
- nonmuscular
- osseomuscular, osteomuscular
- overmuscular
- paramuscular
- perimuscular
- premuscular
- promuscular
- psychoneuromuscular
- retromuscular
- seromuscular
- skeletomuscular
- spinal muscular atrophy
- submuscular
- supramuscular
- tendinomuscular, tendomuscular
- transmuscular
- undermuscular
- unimuscular
- unmuscular
Related terms
- musculature
- musculo-
Translations
of or relating to muscles
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having strength
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having large, well-developed muscles
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(figuratively) strong, robust
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See also
- myo-
References
- “muscular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “muscular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /mus.kuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /mus.kuˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Adjective
muscular (masculine and feminine plural musculars)
- muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
Related terms
- múscul
Further reading
- “muscular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “muscular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “muscular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “muscular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Adjective
muscular m or f (plural musculares)
- muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
Related terms
- músculo
Further reading
- “muscular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Adjective
muscular (not comparable)
- muscular
Related terms
- musculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin and New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mus.kuˈlaʁ/ [mus.kuˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mus.kuˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /muʃ.kuˈlaʁ/ [muʃ.kuˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mus.kuˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muʃ.kuˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: mus‧cu‧lar
Adjective
muscular m or f (plural musculares)
- muscular (of or relating to muscles)
Related terms
- músculo
Romanian
Etymology
From French musculaire.
Adjective
muscular m or n (feminine singular musculară, masculine plural musculari, feminine and neuter plural musculare)
- muscular
Declension
Declension of muscular
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | muscular | musculară | musculari | musculare | ||
| definite | muscularul | musculara | muscularii | muscularele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | muscular | musculare | musculari | musculare | ||
| definite | muscularului | muscularei | muscularilor | muscularelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muskuˈlaɾ/ [mus.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mus‧cu‧lar
Adjective
muscular (plural musculares)
- muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
Derived terms
- distrofia muscular
- fibra muscular
- fortalecimiento muscular
- perimuscular
- tono muscular
Related terms
- músculo
Further reading
- “muscular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014