[
UK
/mˈæskjʊlˌɪn/
]
[ US /ˈmæskjəɫən/ ]
[ US /ˈmæskjəɫən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- associated with men and not with women
- of grammatical gender
-
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
a masculine cadence
the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'
NOUN
- a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
How To Use masculine In A Sentence
- It gives a little bling to the foulard and the masculine touch gives it an astute edge. Gina Pell: What To Wear In 2010
- A hesitant and very masculine voice echoed through the earpiece.
- Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
- Back in the mists of time, power dressing was a thing for women who had to appear more masculine to be taken seriously, like stealth camouflage. Times, Sunday Times
- Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effeminate.’
- A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips.
- Read on, in today's story column, just after the word for the day: conjoint (kon-zhwan) noun, masculine Jean-Marc
- Latin homo is a masculine noun that can mean a human being, a male person, or humanity in general.
- Somehow the sight of five very masculine black men in heavy pancake did not diminish the fact that this was still a guys' movie.
- Nevertheless, he captures the music's masculine swagger right from the very first chord.
