male
see also: Male
Etymology
Male
Etymology
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see also: Male
Etymology
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus, diminutive of mās.
Pronunciation Adjectivemale (not comparable)
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
- male writers
- the leading male and female singers
- a male bird feeding a seed to a female
- in bee colonies, all drones are male
- intersex male patients
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
- stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- the male chromosome; like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
- (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
- 2012, Sinéad Leleu, Michaela Greck-Ismair, German Pen Pals Made Easy KS3:
- If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'.
- (of bacteria) Having the Fertility factor (bacteria); able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. [from 16th c.]
- 1982, Popular Science, page 119:
- Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;
- French: mâle (animal), masculin (human)
- German: männlich
- Italian: maschile, maschio
- Portuguese: macho, masculino, másculo
- Russian: мужско́й
- Spanish: masculino, macho
male (plural males)
- One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
- A bacterium which has the Fertility factor (bacteria).
- A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
- French: homme
- German: Mann
- Italian: maschio
- Portuguese: homem, macho
- Russian: мужчи́на
- Spanish: varón, macho, hombre
- Portuguese: planta-pai
Male
Etymology
- As a Welsh - surname, from the personal name Mael, from wlm mael.
- As an English surname of nrf - origin, contaminated from many Old French - sources, such as mail, maille, maille, or esmal.
- Also as an English surname, from Middle English male.
- Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the source of male.
- Also as an English surname, from Middle English mele (compare Millman) or from Old Norse melr.
- As a Slovenian - surname, from the adjective mal, from sla-pro *malъ.
- As a Norwegian - surname, from a farm in Romsdal derived from Old Norse mǫl.
Compare Mele.
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