masculine

1. 1.

   a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

   Broadergender

Other forms of masculine

plural

masculines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about masculine

What does masculine mean?

masculine means "of grammatical gender". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in masculine?

masculine has 3 syllables: mas-cu-line. The stress falls on "mas". In IPA it is /ˈmæskjələn/.

What is the opposite of masculine?

The recorded antonyms are feminine, neuter, feminine.

Is masculine a common word?

masculine is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.