English

Etymology

Middle English male, borrowed from Old French masle , malle (Modern French mâle ), from Latin masculus "masculine, a male", diminutive of mās "male, masculine".

Pronunciation

Homophones

• mail

Adjective

male (absolute: no comparative or superlative form)

1. belonging to the masculine gender
2. referring to the masculine gender
3. (figurative) having an external plug

Antonyms

• female
• neuter

Translations

• Bulgarian: мъжки m (mŭžki), мъжка f (mŭžka)
• Catalan: masculí m, masculina f
• Dutch: mannelijk
• Esperanto: malina, vira
• Finnish: miespuolinen (1, 2), uros- (3, prefix in a compound)
• French: mâle
• German: männlich
• Greek, Ancient: ἄρσην (arsēn)
• Greek, Modern: αρσενικό (arseniko)
• Icelandic: karlmaður
•  : maskulo
• Indonesian: laki-laki, pria , jantan
• Interlingua: mascule (1); masculin (2)
• Japanese: 雄 (おす , osu)
• Latin: masculus (1, 2, 3)
• Portuguese: macho m (1); masculino m, masculina f (2)
• Romanian: masculin, bărbătesc m, masculină , bărbătească f
• Romanica: masculo m, mascula f (2); masculino m, [[masculina] f
• Russian: мужской (mužskoj)
• Spanish: masculino m, masculina f
• Tupinambá: akûãîba'e (t-)

Noun

male (plural: males)

1. something of masculine gender

Antonyms

• female

Translations

• Bulgarian: мъж m (mŭž)
• Dutch: mannetje n, mannetjes-
• Esperanto: malino , viro
• Finnish: mies, maskuliini
• German: (1) Mann m, (2) Male
• Greek, Ancient: ἄρσην (arsen) m, ἄρσεν n
• Greek, Modern: άρρεν (arren)
• Finnish: uros
• Ido  : -ul
• Indonesian: laki-laki, pria
• Interlingua: masculo
• Latin: masculus
• Portuguese: macho m
• Romanica: masculo m
• Russian: самец (samets)
• Slovene: moški m, samec m (with animals)
• Spanish: macho m
• Tupinambá: akûãîba'e (t-)

See also

• macho
• masculine
• ♂

Etymology

Dhivehi މާލެ (māle), of uncertain etymology.

Alternative spellings

• Malé

Proper noun

Male

1. capital of the Maldives

Translations

• Dhivehi : މާލެ (Māle)
• French: Malé
• German: Malé

Italian

Adverb

male

1. badly , wrongly

Noun

male m

1. evil, harm
2. pain, ache, illness, disease