Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Etymology 1.7 Alternative spellings 1.8 Proper noun 1.8.1 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Adverb 2.2 Noun

English

Etymology

Middle English male, borrowed from Old French masle , malle (Modern French mâle ), from Latin masculus "masculine, a male", diminutive of mās "male, masculine".

Pronunciation

IPA	SAMPA	AHD
/meɪl/	/meIl/	māl

Homophones

• mail

Adjective

male (absolute: no comparative or superlative form)

1. belonging to the masculine gender
2. referring to the masculine gender
3. (figurative) having an external plug

Antonyms

• female
• neuter

Translations

• Bulgarian: мъжки m (mŭžki), мъжка f (mŭžka)
• Catalan: masculí m, masculina f
• Dutch: mannelijk
• Esperanto: malina, vira
• Finnish: miespuolinen (1, 2), uros- (3, prefix in a compound)
• French: mâle
• German: männlich
• Greek, Ancient: ἄρσην (arsēn)
• Greek, Modern: αρσενικό (arseniko)
• Icelandic: karlmaður
•  : maskulo
• Indonesian: laki-laki, pria , jantan
• Interlingua: mascule (1); masculin (2)
• Japanese: 雄 (おす , osu)
• Latin: masculus (1, 2, 3)
• Portuguese: macho m (1); masculino m, masculina f (2)
• Romanian: masculin, bărbătesc m, masculină , bărbătească f
• Romanica: masculo m, mascula f (2); masculino m, [[masculina] f
• Russian: мужской (mužskoj)
• Spanish: masculino m, masculina f
• Tupinambá: akûãîba'e (t-)

Noun

male (plural: males)

1. something of masculine gender

Antonyms

• female

Translations

• Bulgarian: мъж m (mŭž)
• Dutch: mannetje n, mannetjes-
• Esperanto: malino , viro
• Finnish: mies, maskuliini
• German: (1) Mann m, (2) Male
• Greek, Ancient: ἄρσην (arsen) m, ἄρσεν n
• Greek, Modern: άρρεν (arren)
• Finnish: uros
• Ido  : -ul
• Indonesian: laki-laki, pria
• Interlingua: masculo
• Latin: masculus
• Portuguese: macho m
• Romanica: masculo m
• Russian: самец (samets)
• Slovene: moški m, samec m (with animals)
• Spanish: macho m
• Tupinambá: akûãîba'e (t-)

See also

• macho
• masculine
• ♂

Etymology

Dhivehi މާލެ (māle), of uncertain etymology.

Alternative spellings

• Malé

Proper noun

Male

1. capital of the Maldives

Translations

• Dhivehi : މާލެ (Māle)
• French: Malé
• German: Malé

Italian

Adverb

male

1. badly , wrongly

Noun

male m

1. evil, harm
2. pain, ache, illness, disease