masculine
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Is masculine a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of masculine?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.Examples: "The noun Student is masculine in German."Synonyms: male
2. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.Examples: "German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student."Synonyms: male
3. (grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
4. (prosody) Following or ending on a stressed syllable.Examples: "Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme."
noun (English)
1. (grammar) The masculine gender.Examples: "The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used."
2. (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.Examples: "As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]"
3. (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.Examples: "I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed."obsoletepossiblyrare
Definition source: Wiktionary