Standard Lemma guide

male

adj · name · noun · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: māl
  • UK, US: /meɪl/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: mail
  • South-Asia: māl
  • South-Asia: /meːl/
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • stereotypically male interests
  • an insect with typically male coloration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • the male chromosome
  • like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, masculine, not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: less common than 'masculine'

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Acronym of medium-altitude long-endurance

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

Alternative form of Maale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

An animal of the sex that has testes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

A plant of the masculine sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A bacterium which has the F factor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Alternative form of Maale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adjective

Meaning 17

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a male infant
  • a male holly tree

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: female, androgynous

18

adjective satellite

Meaning 18

for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the male lead
  • the male population

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adjective satellite

Meaning 19

characteristic of a man

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a deep male voice
  • manly sports

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manful, manlike, manly, virile

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: female

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Narrower terms: sire, colt, male horse, bullock, steer

21

noun

Meaning 21

the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

22

noun

Meaning 22

a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: male person

Antonyms: female

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: boy wonder, chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke, foster-brother, foster brother, macho, male child, boy, male offspring, man-child, man, adult male, mother's son, sirrah

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).

Abbreviation

* As a Welsh surname, from the personal name Mael, from Middle Welsh mael (“prince”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, contaminated from many Old French sources, such as mail (“hammer”), maille (“chainmail”), maille (“denier”), or esmal (“enamel”). Compare Mailer. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English male (“bag, pouch”). * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the source of male (“male, male adult”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) (compare Millman) or from Old Norse melr (“sandhill”). Compare Meil. * As a Slovene surname, from the adjective mal (“small, little”), from Proto-Slavic *malъ. Compare Mal, Mahle. * As a Norwegian surname, from a farm in Romsdal derived from Old Norse mǫl (“layer of pebbles”). Also Americanized from Mæle, Mæhle, itself related to the Norse word melr. Compare Mele.

Across languages

Translations

455 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: эркек (erkek) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Arabic: ذَكَرِيّ (ḏakariyy) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Aramaic: ܕܟܪܢܝܐ (deḵrānāyā) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Armenian: արական (arakan) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Armenian: արու (aru) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Assamese: মতা (mota) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • West Coast Bajau: dela — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bakung: lakin — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bakung: kelangi — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Balinese: muani — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bashkir: иркәк (irkək) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bashkir: ата (ata) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Belarusian: мужчы́нскі (mužčýnski) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bulgarian: мъ́жки (mǎ́žki) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Catalan: masculí — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Catalan: masculina — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Catalan: mascle — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Central Bikol: lalaki — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男 (nán) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公 (gōng) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雄 (xióng) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Czech: mužský — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Czech: samčí — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dalmatian: muosclo — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Danish: mandlig — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Danish: han- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: mannelijk — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: man- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: mannen- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: mannetjes- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: masculien — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Esperanto: vira — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Esperanto: virseksa — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Esperanto: maskla — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Esperanto: iĉa — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: miespuolinen — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: mies- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: koiras- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: uros- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • French: mâle — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • French: masculin — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Friulian: mascli — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Gagauz: erkek — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Galician: masculino — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Galician: macho — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: მამრი (mamri) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: მამაკაცი (mamaḳaci) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: მამრობითი (mamrobiti) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • German: männlich — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gumakunds) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Greek: αρσενικός (arsenikós) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρσην (ársēn) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Haitian Creole: mal — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Haitian Creole: gason — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Higaonon: ma-ama — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hindi: नर (nar) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hungarian: hím — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hungarian: hímnemű — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Igbo: oké — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Indonesian: pria — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Indonesian: laki-laki — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Indonesian: jantan — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Interlingua: mascule — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Irish: fireannach — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Irish: fir — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Irish: fireann — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Old Irish: firennach — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Old Irish: firend — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Istriot: mas'cio — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Italian: maschile — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Italian: maschio — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Japanese: 雄 (yū) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Japanese: 男性 (dansei) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Javanese: lanang — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Kazakh: ер (er) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Kimaragang: kusai — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Korean: 남성 (namseong) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Korean: 웅 (ung) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Northern Kurdish: nêr — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latin: masculus — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latin: mās — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latvian: vīriešu- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latvian: vīriešu dzimuma- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ligurian: màsccio — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Lithuanian: vyriškas — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Lithuanian: vyrų — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Macedonian: машки (maški) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: للاکي — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: جنتن — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: lelaki — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: jantan — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᡥᠠ (haha) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: tāne — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Central Melanau: lai — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Central Melanau: laluong — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Middle English: male — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tagal Murut: tandaa — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mannlig — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hann- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mannleg — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hann- — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Occitan: masculin — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Occitan: mascle — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Odia: ଅଣ୍ଡିରା (aṇḍirā) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Old English: wǣpned — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Old English: werlīċ — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Persian: نر (nar) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Polish: męski — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: macho — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: masculino — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: másculo — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Quechua: qhari — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romanian: mascul — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romanian: masculin — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romansh: mastgel — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romansh: mascal — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romansh: mascel — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romansh: mes-cel — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romansh: mas-cel — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Russian: мужско́й (mužskój) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sardinian: màschiu — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sardinian: màsciu — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sardinian: mascru — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sardinian: mascu — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Scottish Gaelic: fireannta — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Serbo-Croatian: му̏шкӣ — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȕškī — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sicilian: màsculu — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sinhalese: පිරිමි (pirimi) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sinhalese: පුරුෂ (puruṣa) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Slovak: mužský — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Slovene: moški — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Somali: lab — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: masculino — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: macho — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sundanese: jalu — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Swedish: manlig — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tagalog: lalaki — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tarifit: awtem — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tày: báo — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tày: cá — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tetum: manen — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Thai: ชาย ผู้ (chaai) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Turkish: erkek — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ukrainian: чолові́чий (čolovíčyj) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Urdu: مَرْدَانَہ (mardāna) — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Venetan: mas-cio — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: trai — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: nam — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: trống — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: đực — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Volapük: manik — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Volapük: himenik — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Yoruba: ọkùnrin — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Yoruba: akọ — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Yucatec Maya: xiibil — belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: mies- — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: miesten — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: miehinen — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: uros- — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: urosten — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: koiras- — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: koiraiden — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker) — characteristic of this sex/gender
  • Finnish: mies- — tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics
  • Finnish: uros- — tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics
  • Armenian: արու (aru) — having an external plug
  • Bulgarian: мъжки (mǎžki) — having an external plug
  • Catalan: mascle — having an external plug
  • Czech: samčí — having an external plug
  • Dutch: mannelijk — having an external plug
  • Finnish: uros- — having an external plug
  • Finnish: koiras- — having an external plug
  • French: mâle — having an external plug
  • Galician: macho — having an external plug
  • Greek: αρσενικός (arsenikós) — having an external plug
  • Hungarian: hím — having an external plug
  • Hungarian: apa — having an external plug
  • Interlingua: masculin — having an external plug
  • Italian: maschio — having an external plug
  • Latin: masculus — having an external plug
  • Marathi: मेल (mel) — having an external plug
  • Norwegian: hann- — having an external plug
  • Polish: męski — having an external plug
  • Portuguese: masculino — having an external plug
  • Portuguese: macho — having an external plug
  • Russian: па́па (pápa) — having an external plug
  • Spanish: macho — having an external plug
  • Swedish: hane — having an external plug
  • Swedish: hankontakt — having an external plug
  • Turkish: erkek — having an external plug
  • Alabama: naani — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Albanian: burrë — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Southern Altai: эр (er) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Arabic: ذَكَر (ḏakar) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Arabic: ذكر (dakar or zakar or ðakar) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Aramaic: ܕܟܪܐ (deḵrā) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Armenian: տղամարդ (tġamard) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Azerbaijani: kişi — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Azerbaijani: adam — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Bashkir: ир кеше (ir keşe) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Bashkir: ир (ir) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Belarusian: мужчы́на (mužčýna) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Bulgarian: мъж (mǎž) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Burmese: ယောက်ျား — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Catalan: home — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Cebuano: laki — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Chechen: борш (borš) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男性 (nánxìng) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Czech: muž — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Danish: mand — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Dargwa: марга (marga) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Dutch: mannetje — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Dutch: man — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Dutch: jongen — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Egyptian: TA-A-i-i-D53:A1 (ṯꜣy) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Estonian: mees — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Finnish: mies — human of masculine sex or gender
  • French: homme — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Gagauz: erkek — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Gagauz: adam — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Gagauz: erif — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Galician: home — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Galician: varón — human of masculine sex or gender
  • German: Mann — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽 (gumein) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Greek: αρσενικός (arsenikós) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Greek: άρρενας (árrenas) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρρην (árrhēn) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Hebrew: זכר \ זָכָר (zakhár) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Hindi: नर (nar) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Hungarian: férfi — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Hungarian: hím — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Indonesian: laki-laki — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Indonesian: pria — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ingrian: mees — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ingush: борш (borš) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Interlingua: masculo — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Italian: maschio — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Japanese: 男性 (dansei) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Kazakh: ер (er) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Kazakh: еркек (erkek) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Khmer: ប្រុស (proh) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Korean: 남성 (namseong) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Northern Kurdish: mêr — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Lao: ຜູ້ຊາຍ (phū sāi) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Latin: mas — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Latin: vir — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Latvian: vīrietis — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Lingala: lélé — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Lithuanian: vyras — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Lithuanian: vyriškis — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Luba-Kasai: mulume — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Luba-Katanga: mulume — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Macedonian: маж (maž) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Maguindanao: mama — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Malay: للاکي — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Malay: lelaki — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Maltese: raġel — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Māori: tāne — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Maranao: mama — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Middle English: male — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Navajo: bikąʼii — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Navajo: akąʼ — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mann — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mann — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Odia: ନର (nara) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Odia: ପୁରୁଷ (puruṣa) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Old English: wǣpnedmann — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Old English: wǣpned — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Old Tupi: sakûãîba'e — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Old Turkic: 𐰼 (r2) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ossetian: нӕл (næl) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Persian: مرد (mard) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Polish: mężczyzna — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Portuguese: homem — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Portuguese: macho — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Quechua: qhari — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Romanian: bărbat — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Romanian: mascul — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Russian: мужчи́на (mužčína) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Sanskrit: वृषन् (vṛṣan) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Sanskrit: नर (nara) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Scottish Gaelic: fireannach — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: мушка́рац — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: muškárac — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Sinhalese: පිරිමි (pirimi) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Sinhalese: පුරුෂ (puruṣa) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Slovak: muž — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Slovene: moški — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Slovene: mož — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Spanish: varón — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Spanish: macho — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Spanish: hombre — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Swedish: man — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Tagalog: lalaki — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Tajik: мард (mard) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Thai: ผู้ชาย (pûu-chaai) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Thai: ชาย (chaai) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkish: erkek — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkish: adam — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkish: zeker — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: ار (är) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركك (erkek) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkmen: erkek — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkmen: adam — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Turkmen: kişi — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ugaritic: 𐎏𐎋𐎗 (ḏkr) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Ukrainian: чолові́к (čolovík) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Urdu: مَرْد (mard) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Urdu: آدَمی (ādamī) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Vietnamese: đàn ông — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Volapük: man — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Volapük: himen — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Yiddish: מאַן (man) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Yiddish: מאַנספּאַרשוין (mansparshoyn) — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Yoruba: okunrin — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Yucatec Maya: xiib — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Zulu: umlisa — human of masculine sex or gender
  • ǃXóõ: a̰a — human of masculine sex or gender
  • Albanian: mashkull — animal of masculine sex
  • Southern Altai: эркек (erkek) — animal of masculine sex
  • Amharic: አውራ (ʾäwra) — animal of masculine sex
  • Arabic: ذَكَر (ḏakar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Arabic: ذكر (dakar or zakar or ðakar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Aramaic: ܕܟܪܐ (deḵrā) — animal of masculine sex
  • Argobba: አውራ (äwra) — animal of masculine sex
  • Armenian: որձ (orj) — animal of masculine sex
  • Armenian: արու (aru) — animal of masculine sex
  • Asturian: machu — animal of masculine sex
  • Azerbaijani: erkək — animal of masculine sex
  • Bashkir: иркәк (irkək) — animal of masculine sex
  • Bashkir: ата (ata) — animal of masculine sex
  • Belarusian: саме́ц (samjéc) — animal of masculine sex
  • Bulgarian: саме́ц (saméc) — animal of masculine sex
  • Burmese: အဖို (a.hpui) — animal of masculine sex
  • Burmese: အထီး (a.hti:) — animal of masculine sex
  • Catalan: mascle — animal of masculine sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雄 (xióng) — animal of masculine sex
  • Maore Comorian: ndrume — animal of masculine sex
  • Czech: samec — animal of masculine sex
  • Danish: han — animal of masculine sex
  • Danish: handyr — animal of masculine sex
  • Dutch: mannetje — animal of masculine sex
  • Dutch: mannetjesdier — animal of masculine sex
  • Esperanto: masklo — animal of masculine sex
  • Esperanto: iĉo — animal of masculine sex
  • Estonian: isane — animal of masculine sex
  • Finnish: koiras — animal of masculine sex
  • Finnish: uros — animal of masculine sex
  • French: mâle — animal of masculine sex
  • Galician: macho — animal of masculine sex
  • Georgian: მამრი (mamri) — animal of masculine sex
  • German: Männchen — animal of masculine sex
  • German: Er — animal of masculine sex
  • Greek: αρσενικός (arsenikós) — animal of masculine sex
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρσην (ársēn) — animal of masculine sex
  • Hebrew: זכר \ זָכָר (zakhár) — animal of masculine sex
  • Hindi: नर (nar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Hungarian: hím — animal of masculine sex
  • Indonesian: jantan — animal of masculine sex
  • Ingrian: kulli — animal of masculine sex
  • Italian: maschio — animal of masculine sex
  • Japanese: 雄 (osu) — animal of masculine sex
  • Japanese: 牡 (osu) — animal of masculine sex
  • Jeju: 수커 (sukeo) — animal of masculine sex
  • Kashubian: samc — animal of masculine sex
  • Kazakh: еркек (erkek) — animal of masculine sex
  • Khmer: ឈ្មោល (chmool) — animal of masculine sex
  • Korean: 수컷 (sukeot) — animal of masculine sex
  • Central Kurdish: نێر (nêr) — animal of masculine sex
  • Northern Kurdish: nêr — animal of masculine sex
  • Kyrgyz: эркек (erkek) — animal of masculine sex
  • Lao: ຕົວຜູ້ (tūa phū) — animal of masculine sex
  • Latin: mās — animal of masculine sex
  • Latvian: tēviņš — animal of masculine sex
  • Lithuanian: patinas — animal of masculine sex
  • Low German: Heken — animal of masculine sex
  • Macedonian: мажјак (mažjak) — animal of masculine sex
  • Malay: جنتن — animal of masculine sex
  • Malay: jantan — animal of masculine sex
  • Meru: ndume — animal of masculine sex
  • Middle English: male — animal of masculine sex
  • Mongolian: эр амьтан (er amʹtan) — animal of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hann — animal of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hanndyr — animal of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hann — animal of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hanne — animal of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hanndyr — animal of masculine sex
  • Occitan: mascle — animal of masculine sex
  • Old English: wǣpned — animal of masculine sex
  • Old Tupi: sakûãîba'e — animal of masculine sex
  • Persian: نر (nar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Polish: samiec — animal of masculine sex
  • Portuguese: macho — animal of masculine sex
  • Romanian: bărbătuș — animal of masculine sex
  • Russian: саме́ц (saméc) — animal of masculine sex
  • Scottish Gaelic: fireannach — animal of masculine sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: му̏жја̄к — animal of masculine sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȕžjāk — animal of masculine sex
  • Sinhalese: පිරිමි (pirimi) — animal of masculine sex
  • Sinhalese: පුරුෂ (puruṣa) — animal of masculine sex
  • Slovak: samec — animal of masculine sex
  • Slovene: samec — animal of masculine sex
  • Lower Sorbian: samjak — animal of masculine sex
  • Upper Sorbian: sanc — animal of masculine sex
  • Spanish: macho — animal of masculine sex
  • Swedish: hane — animal of masculine sex
  • Swedish: hanne — animal of masculine sex
  • Swedish: handjur — animal of masculine sex
  • Tajik: нар (nar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Thai: ตัวผู้ (dtuua-pûu) — animal of masculine sex
  • Turkish: erkek — animal of masculine sex
  • Turkish: zeker — animal of masculine sex
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركك (erkek) — animal of masculine sex
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker) — animal of masculine sex
  • Turkmen: erkek — animal of masculine sex
  • Ukrainian: саме́ць (samécʹ) — animal of masculine sex
  • Urdu: نر (nar) — animal of masculine sex
  • Uyghur: ئەركەك (erkek) — animal of masculine sex
  • Uzbek: erkak — animal of masculine sex
  • Vietnamese: đực — animal of masculine sex
  • Volapük: hinim — animal of masculine sex
  • Arabic: ذَكَر (ḏakar) — plant of masculine sex
  • Arabic: ذكر (dakar or zakar or ðakar) — plant of masculine sex
  • Catalan: mascle — plant of masculine sex
  • Czech: samec — plant of masculine sex
  • Danish: hanplante — plant of masculine sex
  • Dutch: mannetje — plant of masculine sex
  • Dutch: mannetjesplant — plant of masculine sex
  • Finnish: koiras — plant of masculine sex
  • Greek: αρσενικός (arsenikós) — plant of masculine sex
  • Hebrew: זכר \ זָכָר (zakhár) — plant of masculine sex
  • Hungarian: hím — plant of masculine sex
  • Indonesian: jantan — plant of masculine sex
  • Kazakh: еркек (erkek) — plant of masculine sex
  • Central Kurdish: نێر (nêr) — plant of masculine sex
  • Northern Kurdish: nêr — plant of masculine sex
  • Malay: جنتن — plant of masculine sex
  • Malay: jantan — plant of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hannplante — plant of masculine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hannplante — plant of masculine sex
  • Portuguese: planta-pai — plant of masculine sex
  • Scottish Gaelic: fireannach — plant of masculine sex
  • Swedish: hanplante — plant of masculine sex
  • Swedish: hanväxt — plant of masculine sex
  • Turkish: erkek — plant of masculine sex
  • Turkish: zeker — plant of masculine sex
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zeker) — plant of masculine sex
  • Volapük: hiplan — plant of masculine sex
  • Finnish: urosliitin — male connector