āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
masculine
/ËmÃĻskjĘlÉĒn/
masculine
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
related to qualities, characteristics, or behaviors typically associated with men
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sarah admired the masculine confidence and assertiveness of her colleague during the business meeting.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ
(of a language's grammar) referring to males
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Adjectives and articles in these languages must agree in gender and number with the masculine nouns they modify, such as ' el libro grande' ( the big book ).
āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ 'el libro grande' (āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ)āĨ¤
03
ending on a stressed beat in music or a stressed syllable in poetry
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The poem uses a masculine rhyme scheme for emphasis.
Masculine
01
a grammatical or social gender typically associated with male persons or male-classified objects
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
" Le roi " is a masculine in French grammar.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
