noun
Meaning 1
The state of being virile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
virility
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Pronunciation
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və.rĭʹlĭ.tē
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/vəˈɹɪlɪti/
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rhymes with -ɪlɪti
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noun
Meaning 2
Manly character, quality, or nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The ability of a man to procreate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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, manliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: masculinity
noun
Meaning 5
the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maleness, masculinity
History
Etymology
From virile + -ity, from Middle French virilité, from Latin virīlitās.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: পুরুষত্ব (puruśotto) — the state of being virile
- Bulgarian: мъжественост (mǎžestvenost) — the state of being virile
- Catalan: virilitat — the state of being virile
- Esperanto: vireco — the state of being virile
- Finnish: miehekkyys — the state of being virile
- French: virilité — the state of being virile
- Galician: virilidade — the state of being virile
- Georgian: მამაკაცურობა (mamaḳacuroba) — the state of being virile
- Georgian: კაცურობა (ḳacuroba) — the state of being virile
- Georgian: ვაჟკაცურობა (važḳacuroba) — the state of being virile
- German: Männlichkeit — the state of being virile
- Greek: ανδρότητα (andrótita) — the state of being virile
- Greek: ανδρισμός (andrismós) — the state of being virile
- Hindi: मर्दानगी (mardāngī) — the state of being virile
- Interlingua: virilitate — the state of being virile
- Italian: virilità — the state of being virile
- Korean: 정력 (jeongnyeok) — the state of being virile
- Latin: virīlitās — the state of being virile
- Latvian: vīrišķība — the state of being virile
- Latvian: vīrišķīgums — the state of being virile
- Lithuanian: vyriškumas — the state of being virile
- Macedonian: маже́ственост (mažéstvenost) — the state of being virile
- Persian: مردانگی (mardânegi) — the state of being virile
- Polish: męskość — the state of being virile
- Portuguese: virilidade — the state of being virile
- Romanian: virilitate — the state of being virile
- Russian: му́жественность (múžestvennostʹ) — the state of being virile
- Serbo-Croatian: mužévnōst — the state of being virile
- Serbo-Croatian: муже́вно̄ст — the state of being virile
- Spanish: virilidad — the state of being virile
- Swedish: virilitet — the state of being virile
- Tagalog: bulog — the state of being virile
- Tagalog: lakas-lalaki — the state of being virile
- Tajik: мардонагӣ (mardonagi) — the state of being virile
- Turkish: erkeklik — the state of being virile
- Urdu: مردانگی (mardāngī) — the state of being virile
- Finnish: miehuus — manly character
- Georgian: მამაკაცურობა (mamaḳacuroba) — manly character
- Georgian: კაცურობა (ḳacuroba) — manly character
- German: Mannhaftigkeit — manly character
- German: Männlichkeit — manly character
- German: Männlichsein — manly character
- German: männliche Beschaffenheit — manly character
- Arabic: فُحُولَة (fuḥūla) — ability to procreate
- Bulgarian: потентност (potentnost) — ability to procreate
- Finnish: lisääntymiskykyisyys — ability to procreate
- Georgian: სიმწიფე (simc̣ipe) — ability to procreate
- Georgian: მომწიფებულობა (momc̣ipebuloba) — ability to procreate
- German: Manneskraft — ability to procreate
- German: Zeugungskraft — ability to procreate
- German: Geschlechtspotenz — ability to procreate
- German: Potenz — ability to procreate
- German: Virilität — ability to procreate
- German: Mannheit — ability to procreate