masculin

English

Adjective

masculin (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Obsolete form of masculine.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French masculin, borrowed from Latin māsculīnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mas.ky.lɛ̃/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mas‧cu‧lin
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Adjective

masculin (feminine masculine, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculines)

  1. male
  2. masculine
  3. (grammar) masculine

Noun

masculin m (plural masculins)

  1. (grammar) masculine (masculine word)
    Antonym: féminin

Synonyms

Further reading

Anagrams

Interlingua

Adjective

masculin (comparative plus masculin, superlative le plus masculin)

  1. masculine, male

Antonyms

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

masculin m (feminine singular masculina, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculinas)

  1. masculine (relating to or apt for a male)
  2. (grammar) masculine

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 631.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Adjective

masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)

  1. (grammar) masculine

Noun

masculin oblique singular, m (oblique plural masculins, nominative singular masculins, nominative plural masculin)

  1. (grammar) masculine
    • E. Stengel (editor), Die ältesten Anleitungsschriften zur Erlernung der französischen Sprache, in: Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Litteratur, vol. I, 1879, p. 29:
      Mais cy endroit il fault scavoir que chescun adjectif de femenyn genre doit finir (ou) en un e, et (c'est) quant son masculin fine en e, [...]

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus, French masculin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmas.kuˈlin/
  • (file)

Adjective

masculin m or n (feminine singular masculină, masculine plural masculini, feminine and neuter plural masculine)

  1. masculine, manly
  2. (grammar, of nouns, adjectives, etc.) masculine
    "bărbat" este un substantiv masculin.
    "bărbat" (man) is a masculine noun.

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