virility

Questions about virility

What does virility mean?

virility means "the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in virility?

virility has 4 syllables: vi-ril-i-ty. The stress falls on "ril". In IPA it is /vɚˈɪləti/.

What is another word for virility?

Close synonyms include manfulness, manliness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is virility a common word?

virility is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.