masculin

Etymology

From Old French masculin, borrowed from Latin māsculīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ky.lɛ̃/

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Adjective

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

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

Noun

masculin m (plural masculins)

1. (grammar) masculine (masculine word)

Further reading

• “masculin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• culminas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus.

Adjective

masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)

1. (grammar) masculine

Noun

masculin 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

• masculin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculinus, French masculin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmas.kuˈlin/

Adjective

masculin m, 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.