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The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: virility, masculinity, manfulness, mannishness, maleness
Antonyms: unmanliness, womanliness
Male genitals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, rare, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manhood
Antonyms: none provided
Humanity, the quality of being human.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manfulness, virility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: masculinity
From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
erkeklik
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Bengali:
মরদামি
(mordami)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Bengali:
পুরুষত্ব
(puruśotto)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Catalan:
homenia
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Catalan:
virilitat
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Dutch:
mannelijkheid
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Esperanto:
maskleco
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Esperanto:
vireco
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Finnish:
miehekkyys
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Finnish:
miehisyys
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Finnish:
miehuus
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Finnish:
miehuullisuus
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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French:
masculinité
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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French:
virilité
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Georgian:
კაცურობა
(ḳacuroba)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Georgian:
მამაკაცურობა
(mamaḳacuroba)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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German:
Männlichkeit
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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German:
Mannhaftigkeit
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Greek:
ανδροπρέπεια
(androprépeia)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Ancient Greek:
ἀγηνορία
(agēnoría)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Ancient Greek:
ἀνδροπρέπεια
(androprépeia)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Hindi:
मर्दानगी
(mardāngī)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Hungarian:
férfiasság
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Indonesian:
kejantanan
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Irish:
fearúlacht
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Italian:
virilità
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Italian:
mascolinità
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Central Kurdish:
پیاوەتی
(pyawetî)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Latin:
virtus
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Latin:
animus virilis
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Macedonian:
маже́ственост
(mažéstvenost)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Māori:
tānetanga
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Pashto:
نارينتوب
(nârintób)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Persian:
مردانگی
(mardânegi)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Portuguese:
virilidade
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Portuguese:
hombridade
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Romanian:
virilitate
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Russian:
му́жественность
(múžestvennostʹ)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Scottish Gaelic:
duinealas
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Scottish Gaelic:
fearachas
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Scottish Gaelic:
fearalachd
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Scottish Gaelic:
misneachd
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Scottish Gaelic:
tapachd
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Serbo-Croatian:
muževnost
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Slovak:
mužnosť
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Spanish:
hombría
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Spanish:
virilidad
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Spanish:
varonilidad
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Swedish:
manlighet
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Thai:
ความเป็นลูกผู้ชาย
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Turkish:
erkeklik
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Urdu:
مردانگی
(mardāngī)
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Zulu:
ubudoda
— set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men
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Finnish:
miehuus
— male genitals
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Hungarian:
férfiasság
— male genitals
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Slovak:
mužnosť
— male genitals