Malé|mâle|małe

male (English)

Etymology

enm

- lang=enm, borrowed from - en - malle (Modern French - masculus||masculine, a male, diminutive of - mās|male, masculine.

Pronunciation

  • - US - /meɪl/,

    /meIl/

  • en-us-male.ogg
  • Rhymes: eɪl

  • mail

    • Adjective

    -

    Belonging to the sex which is generally characterized as having the smaller gametes, which in humans and many other species is the sex which produces sperm.

    from 14th c.

    Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals

    from 16th c.

    * 1974,

    Lawrence Durrell

    , Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 289:

    *: In the powder rooms of the world's great hotels when male lesbians meet they show each other their wedding rings and burst out laughing.

    * 2009, The Guardian, 11 Dec 09:

    *: "While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with them, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorised performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes," the band's lawyers alleged.

    from 17th c.

    * 2009, The Guardian, 11 Sep 09:

    *: "It's very complex area," said Bowen-Simpkins, a consultant gynaecologist. "The male hormone is what gives bulk to muscles and bones so they are at an advantage."

    Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a "female" counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting

    from 16th c.

    Synonyms

  • manly, masculine
  • plug, pin

    • Antonyms

  • female
  • neuter

    • Translations

    belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes

  • Arabiska - ذكوري
  • Armenian - արական|tr=arakan, - արու|tr=aru
  • Bulgariska - мъжки
  • Catalan - ca|masculí|m, - ca|masculina|f, - ca|mascle|m, - ca|mascla|f
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - cmn|男|tr=nán|sc=Hani, - cmn|公|tr=gōng|sc=Hani, - cmn|雄|tr=xióng|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - mužský
  • Tjeckiska - samčí
    • (of animals and plants)
  • Dutch: mannelijk, man-, mannen-, mannetjes-, masculien
  • Filipino: _lalaki_
  • Finska - miespuolinen
  • Finska - koiras
    • , uros (of other creatures)
  • French - fr|mâle, - fr|masculin
  • Tyska - männlich
  • Greek:
  • : Ancient - ἄρσην|m|tr=ársēn|xs=Ancient Greek
  • Grekiska - αρσενικός
  • Ungerska - hím
  • Igbo - oké
  • Indonesiska - pria
    • , laki-laki
  • Interlingua: mascule
  • Italienska - maschile
  • Latin - masculus, - mas|m
  • Lettiska - vīriešu-
    • , vīriešu dzimuma-
  • Litauiska - vyriškas
    • , vyrų
  • Lojban - nakni
  • Norska - mannlig
    • , hann-
  • Portugisiska - macho
  • Rumänska - mascul
    • , masculin
  • Ryska - мужской
  • Scottish Gaelic - fireannta|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - masculino
    • , macho
  • Swahili - kiume
  • Svenska - manlig

    • having an external plug

  • Armenian - արու|tr=aru
  • Bulgariska - мъжки
  • Katalanska - mascle
    • , mascla
  • Tjeckiska - samčí
  • Holländska - mannelijk
  • Finska - uros
  • Franska - mâle
  • Grekiska - αρσενικός
  • Interlingua: masculin
  • Latin - masculus
  • Norska - hann-
  • Portugisiska - masculino
  • Ryska - папа
  • Spanska - macho
  • Swahili - kiume
  • Svenska - hane
    • , hankontakt

    ca

    : masculí , masculina

    ceb

    : lalaki

  • chr

    : ᎠᏍᎦᏯ (asgaya)

  • eo

    : malina, vira
  • - de|männlich

  • is

    : karlmaður

  • io

    : maskulo

  • it

    : maschio, maschile

    • ja

    : 雄 (おす, osu)

  • ro

    : masculin, bărbătesc

  • gd

    : fearail , fireannach

    te

    : మగ (maga)

  • tpn

    : akûãîba'e (t-)

  • tr

    : erkek

    • Noun

    Someone of male, masculine gender, whether human, (sexual) animal or (sexual) plant

    A member of the sex that has organs which produce sperm

    Synonyms

  • boy

    • Antonyms

  • female

    • Translations

    human of masculine gender

  • Alabama: naani
  • Arabiska - رجل
    • , ذكر, مذكر
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - ذكر|m|tr=zakar or ðakar|sc=Arab
  • Armenian - տղամարդ|tr=tġamard
  • Bulgariska - мъж
  • Katalanska - mascle
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 男性|tr=nánxìng|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - muž
  • Holländska - mannetje
    • , man, jongen
  • Estniska - mees
  • Filipino: lalaki
  • Finska - mies
  • Franska - homme
  • Tyska - Mann
  • Greek:
  • : Ancient - ἄρρην|m|tr=árrēn|xs=Ancient Greek
  • Grekiska - αρσενικός
    • , - el|άρρενας|m|tr=árrenas,
  • Ungerska - férfi
    • , hím - official
  • Indonesiska - laki-laki
    • , pria
  • Italienska - maschio
  • Japanska - 男性
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji - mêr
  • Latin - mas|m, - vir|m
  • Lettiska - vīrietis
  • Litauiska - vyras
    • , vyriškis
  • Lojban - nakni
  • Polska - mężczyzna
  • Portugisiska - homem
    • , macho
  • Rumänska - bărbat
    • , mascul
  • Ryska - мужчина
  • Scottish Gaelic - fear|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - fireannach|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - varón
    • , macho, hombre
  • Swahili - kiume
  • Svenska - man
  • !Xóõ: a̰a

    • animal of masculine gender

  • Arabiska - ذكر
    • , مذكر
  • Armenian - որձ|tr=orj, - արու|tr=aru
  • Bulgarian: (doesn't exist)
  • Katalanska - mascle
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 雄|tr=xióng|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - samec
  • Dutch: mannetje , mannetjesdier
  • Finska - koiras
    • , uros
  • Franska - mâle
  • Tyska - Männchen
  • Greek:
  • : Ancient - ἄρσην|m|tr=ársen|xs=Ancient Greek
  • Grekiska - αρσενικός
  • Ungerska - hím
  • Indonesiska - jantan
  • Italienska - maschio
  • Japanska - 雄
    • , 牡
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji - nêr
  • Lettiska - tēviņš
  • Litauiska - patinas
  • Lojban - nakni
  • Low German - Heken|n
  • Meru - ndume
  • Polska - samiec
  • Rumänska - bărbătuș
  • Ryska - самец
  • Scottish Gaelic - fireannach|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - macho
  • Swahili - kiume
  • Svenska - hane

    • plant of masculine gender

  • Bulgarian: (doesn't exist)
  • Tjeckiska - samec
  • Dutch: mannetje , mannetjesplant
  • Finska - koiras
  • Grekiska - αρσενικός
  • Indonesiska - jantan
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji - nêr
  • Scottish Gaelic - fireannach|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Swahili - kiume
  • - sq|burrec|xs=Albanian

  • ca

    : mascle

    ceb

    : lalaki
  • - hr|mužjak|m
  • - eo|viro|xs=Esperanto

  • gn

    : me

    • io

    : -ul

  • ia

    : masculo
  • - it|maschio|m
  • - ku|نێر|sc=ku-Arab
  • - la|masculus|m
  • - pt|macho|m
  • - ro|mascul
  • - sl|samec|m
  • - es|macho|m

  • tpn

    : akûãîba'e (t-)

    • See also

  • macho
  • masculine
  • ♂

    • Anagrams

  • amel#English|amel
  • Elma#English|Elma
  • lame#English|lame, lamé#English|lamé
  • lema#English|lema
  • meal#English|meal
    • ----

    male (Danish)

    Pronunciation

  • - ˈmæːlə|lang=da
  • - audio

    • Etymology 1

    From - da - mālen|to draw, paint|lang=gml. Cognate with Icelandic - |to paint|lang=is.

    Verb

    da|verb|imperative|mal|present|maler|past|malede|or|malte|past participle|malet|or|malt

    to paint

    Derived terms

  • maler ("painter")
  • maleri ("painting")
  • maling ("paint")

    • Etymology 2

    From - da - lang=non, from - malanan|to grind|lang=da, from - melh₁-|to grind, rub, break up|lang=da. Cognate with Icelandic - lang=is.

    Verb

    mal|male|maler|malede|er/har|malet

    to grind, mill

    Derived terms

  • maling ("grinding")
    • ----

    male (Dutch)

    Noun

    inflexion of maal (all senses)

    Verb

    nl

    - t=pres|m=subj|malen

    ----

    male (Esperanto)

    Etymology

    From prefix mal- (antonym)+-e (indicates adverbs)

    Adverb

    on the contrary

    opposingly; in opposition

  • male ol...
  • : as opposed to...
    • ----

    male (Estonian)

    Etymology

    Coined ex nihilo by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.

    Noun

    chess

    Declension

    ----

    male (German)

    Verb

    male

    - 1|s|g

    - i|s

    - 1|s|k1

    - 3|s|k1

    ----

    male (Italian)

    Etymology

    From - it - lang=la.

    Pronunciation

  • - /ˈmale/|lang=it, - lang=it

    • Adverb

    (comparative: peggio; superlative: malissimo)

    badly, wrongly

    Antonyms

  • bene

    • Noun

    mal|m|e|i

    evil, harm

    pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease

    Antonyms

  • bene

    • Derived terms

  • andare_a_male
  • far_male
  • farsi_male
  • grande_male
  • mal_d'auto
  • mal_di_gola
  • mal_di_mare
  • mal_di_testa
  • mal_di_denti
  • mal_di_fegato
  • meno_male
  • non_c'è_male
  • poco_male

    • Anagrams

  • alme#Italian|alme
  • lame#Italian|lame
  • mela#Italian|mela
    • ----

    male (Latin)

    Etymology

    From - |bad, wicked|lang=la.

    Pronunciation

  • - /ˈma.le/|lang=la

    • Adverb

    male|peius|pēius|pessime|pessimē

    badly

    wrongly

    cruelly, wickedly

    Derived terms

  • maledico|maledīcō
  • malefacio|malefaciō
  • non_male|nōn_male

    • Related terms

  • malus

    • Descendants

  • Franska - mal
  • Italienska - male
  • Portugisiska - mal
  • Spanska - mal
    • ----

    male (Norwegian)

    Verb

    no|verb

    to paint

    to grind (to make smaller by breaking with a device)

    to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)

    simple:male

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