Masculine vs Masculation - What's the difference?
masculine | masculation |
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
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Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
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(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
# (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
# (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
(grammar) The masculine gender.
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(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
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That which is masculine.
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A man.
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Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
As nouns the difference between masculine and masculation
is that masculine is the masculine gender while masculation is making masculine; giving male characteristics.As an adjective masculine
is of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.masculine
English
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(en adjective)- Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
- “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- a masculine church.
- The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
- German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.
