virile

English

Etymology

Middle French viril, from Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹ.əl/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, -aɪl

Adjective

virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)

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

Antonyms

nonvirile
muliebrile
muliebral

Derived terms

virility
viropause

Related terms

See virtue#Related_terms

Translations

being manly

Armenian: առնական (hy) (aṙnakan)
Belarusian: му́жны (múžny)
Bulgarian: мъжествен (bg) (mǎžestven)
Catalan: viril, masculí (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陽剛／阳刚 (zh) (yánggāng)
Czech: mužský (cs)
Dutch: viriel (nl), mannelijk (nl)
Finnish: miehekäs (fi), miehuullinen, viriili (fi)
French: viril (fr)
Galician: viril m
Georgian: კაცური (ḳacuri), ვაჟკაცური (važḳacuri)
German: männlich (de), maskulin (de), viril (de)
Irish: fearúil, fearga, fireann, mascalach
Latin: virilis (la)
Lithuanian: vyriškas (lt)
Polish: męski (pl) m
Portuguese: viril (pt)
Romanian: viril (ro)
Russian: му́жественный (ru) (múžestvennyj), мужско́й (ru) (mužskój), вири́льный (virílʹnyj)
Spanish: viril (es)
Swedish: viril (sv), manlig (sv)
Turkish: erkeksi (tr), maskulen (tr)
Ukrainian: му́жній (múžnij)

pertaining to the grammatical gender

Georgian: მამრობითი (mamrobiti), კაცური (ḳacuri)
German: Personalmaskulinum (de) n
Polish: męskoosobowy (pl) m
Russian: мужско́й (ru) (mužskój)
Ukrainian: чоловічий m (čolovičyj)

Danish

Adjective

virile

definite singular of viril
plural of viril

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vi.ʁil/

Adjective

virile

feminine singular of viril

Italian

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viˈri.le/
Rhymes: -ile
Hyphenation: vi‧rì‧le

Adjective

virile (plural virili)

virile
Synonym: maschile
Antonym: femminile

Derived terms

virilità
virilmente

Anagrams

rilevi, riveli

Latin

Adjective

virīle

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of virīlis

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

virile

inflection of viril:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

virile

inflection of viril:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Anagrams

livrei, livréi

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viˈrile/

Adjective

virile f pl or n pl

nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of viril