male

indefinite nominative/accusative plural of mal


male

head

male (imperative mal, present maler, past malede or malte, past participle malet or malt)

mal (imperative)
maler (present)
malede (past)
malte (past)
malet (participle past)
malt (participle past)

From Middle Low German mālen (“to draw, paint”), from Old Saxon mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālōn, from Proto-Germanic *mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą (“spot, blemish, mark”). Cognate with Icelandic mála (“to paint”).


male

head

male (imperative mal, infinitive at male, present tense maler, past tense malede, perfect tense er/har malet)

mal (imperative)
at male (infinitive)
maler (present)
malede (past)
er (perfect)
har malet (perfect)

From Old Norse mala, from Proto-Germanic *malaną (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, rub, break up”). Cognate with Icelandic mala.


male

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of malen


male

male writers

the leading male and female singers

a male bird feeding a seed to a female

in bee colonies, all drones are male

intersex male patients

We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.

1995, Gill Van Hasselt, Childbirth: Your Choices for Managing Pain, Taylor Pub, →ISBN:

Whereas many other trans male vloggers use the videos to assert a conventionally recognizable masculinity through sculpting and carrying their bodies as well as dressing and talking in masculine-coded ways, Carson explores and plays with ways of expressing femininity within (trans) maleness.

Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration

A bright light was shone in her eye and then she heard a kind, male voice who she figured must be Dr. Smith. “Yes, let her rest now, but keep an eye on her blood pressure and her pulse. Check her about every 15 or 20 minutes. Call me if any problem occurs.”

2006, Bonnie Roberts, Bruises on the Heart, →ISBN, page 118:

More than that, we cannot find the same dynamics within female career trajectories as in the other two country groups, because the time-structure of female and male careers already shows great similarity within the older generation of elites. In addition, the pattern of the relation between female and male careers remains the same over time.

2004, Mino Vianello, Gwen Moore, Women and Men in Political and Business Elites: A Comparative Study, →ISBN:

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

the male chromosome; like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.

2012, Naomi McIlwraith, Kiyâm: Poems, →ISBN, page 43:

If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'.

2012, Sinéad Leleu, Michaela Greck-Ismair, German Pen Pals Made Easy KS3:

(grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]

1967, Symposium on Infectious Multiple Drug Resistance: Genetics, Molecular Nature, and Clinical Implications of R Factors, May 25, 1967, page 7:

Male bacteria having the sex factor, also known as the F or "fertility" factor, are termed P if the sex factor exists extrachromosomally. F+ bacteria can only conjugate with F, the female counterparts, which do not possess the F [factor].

(Can we date this quote?), The genetics problem solver, Research & Education Assoc., →ISBN, page 443:

(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;

(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

en-adj

male (not generally comparable, comparative maler or more male, superlative malest or most male)

maler (comparative)
more male (comparative)
malest (superlative)
most male (superlative)

ذَكَرِيّ

belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it

trống

of birds and animals with cá ("fish") in their names

mies-

tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics

Etymology tree
Latin mās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -culus
Latin masculus
Vulgar Latin masclus
Old French maslebor.
Middle English male
English male
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “penised”), derived from the noun wǣpn (“weapon”), which had the secondary sense “penis”.


male

For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]

2001 August 1, Harrison G. Echols, Operators and Promoters: The Story of Molecular Biology and Its Creators, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 45:

In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have this factor are considered females. […] Nevertheless, in addition to a small piece of DNA, male bacteria have some unique characteristics. They can make a special protrusion on their surface, called F-pilus. Pilae (plural for pilus) are hair-like structures that cover the[…]

2021 February 26, Gregor Majdic, Soul Mate Biology: Science of attachment and love, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 10:

Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.


male

male ol...

From prefix mal- (antonym) + -e (indicates adverbs).


male

male (genitive)
malet (partitive)
male (nominative singular)
maled (nominative plural)
male (accusative nominative singular)
maled (accusative nominative plural)
male (accusative genitive singular)
maled (accusative genitive plural)
male (genitive singular)
malede (genitive plural)
malet (partitive singular)
malesid (partitive plural)
malle (illative singular)
malesse (illative singular)
maledesse (illative plural)
males (inessive singular)
maledes (inessive plural)
malest (elative singular)
maledest (elative plural)
malele (allative singular)
maledele (allative plural)
malel (adessive singular)
maledel (adessive plural)
malelt (ablative singular)
maledelt (ablative plural)
maleks (singular translative)
maledeks (plural translative)
maleni (singular terminative)
maledeni (plural terminative)
malena (essive singular)
maledena (essive plural)
maleta (abessive singular)
maledeta (abessive plural)
malega (comitative singular)
maledega (comitative plural)

From malev (“army”), a word attested in the 13th century Livonian Chronicle of Henry. Coined by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.


male

inflection of malen:
first-person singular present

inflection of malen:
singular imperative

first/third-person singular subjunctive I


male

it-adv

male (comparative peggio, superlative malissimo)

peggio (comparative)
malissimo (superlative)


male

(archaic) feminine plural of malo (“bad”)


male

Melius est bene morī quam male vīvere.

1413, Jan Hus, Epistola ad Iohannem de Reinstein:

It is better to die well than to live badly.

la-adv

male (comparative peius, superlative pessimē)

peius (comparative)
pessimē (superlative)

Aragonese: mal

Asturian: mal

Catalan: mal

Corsican: mal

Dalmatian: mal, mul

French: mal

Friulian: mâl

Italian: male

Leonese: mal

Mirandese: mal

Mozarabic: mal

Occitan: mal

desctree

Old Galician-Portuguese: mal
Fala: mal
Galician: mal
Portuguese: mal (see there for further descendants)

Sardinian: mabi, mai, mali, male

Sicilian: mali

Spanish: mal

Venetan: mal, małe


male

male (infinitive)
tö male (infinitive)
't male (gerund neuter)
malendj (participle present)
höbbe gemale (participle past)
gemaledje (adjectival participle past)
gemaledjer (adjectival participle past)
gemaledjes (adjectival participle past)
gemaledj (adverb)
gemaledjelik (adverb)
male (first-person present singular v2)
maledje (first-person past singular v2)
male (first-person singular subjunctive v2)
male (first-person present singular v1)
maledje-n (first-person past singular v1)
male-n (first-person singular subjunctive v1)
males (present second-person singular v2)
maledjes (past second-person singular v2)
male (second-person singular subjunctive v2)
males (present second-person singular v1)
maledjes (past second-person singular v1)
maler (second-person singular subjunctive v1)
maletj (present singular third-person v2)
maledje (past singular third-person v2)
male (singular subjunctive third-person v2)
maletj'r (present singular third-person v1)
maledje (past singular third-person v1)
maler (singular subjunctive third-person v1)
male (first-person plural present v2)
maledje (first-person past plural v2)
male (first-person plural subjunctive v2)
maletj (first-person plural present v1)
maledje (first-person past plural v1)
male (first-person plural subjunctive v1)
maletj (plural present second-person v2)
maledje (past plural second-person v2)
male (plural second-person subjunctive v2)
maletj (plural present second-person v1)
maledje (past plural second-person v1)
maletj (plural second-person subjunctive v1)
male (plural present third-person v2)
maledje (past plural third-person v2)
male (plural subjunctive third-person v2)
male (plural present third-person v1)
maledje (past plural third-person v1)
maler (plural subjunctive third-person v1)
't gemale n (noun v2)
male! (imperative impolite singular v2)
maletj! (imperative polite singular v2)
maletj (dual imperative v1)
maletj! (dual imperative v1)
maletj! (imperative plural v1)
malem (inclusive v1)
maale (alternative)

From Middle Dutch mālen, from Old Dutch *malan, from Proto-West Germanic *malan, from Proto-Germanic *malaną.


male

(rare) Manhood; the state of being male.

males (plural)
madle (alternative)
mascle (alternative)
mal (alternative)
masle (alternative)
maule (alternative)
mawle (alternative)

English: male

Scots: male

Borrowed from Old French masle, malle, from Late Latin masclus, from Latin masculus; compare femele and masculyn.


male

Used in extended reference to supposedly "male" gems, plants, or astrological portents.

English: male

Scots: male

madle (alternative)
mascle (alternative)
mal (alternative)
masle (alternative)
maule (alternative)
mawle (alternative)


male

The belly or one of its contents; a gut.

males (plural)
maile (alternative)
mayll (alternative)
maylle (alternative)

English: mail

Scots: mail

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and continental Old French male, from Frankish *malhu, from Proto-Germanic *malhō.


male

Malus domestica
Malus domestica#Translingual

(chiefly Late Middle English, uncommon) The appletree (Malus domestica) or its fruit.

Borrowed from Latin mālum, from Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon), of unknown origin.


male

head

male (imperative mal, present tense maler, passive males, simple past malte, past participle malt, present participle malende)

mal (imperative)
maler (present)
males (passive)
malte (past)
malt (participle past)
malende (participle present)

From Old Norse mála and Middle Low German malen.


male

To grind or mill (to make smaller by breaking with a device).

To purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)

male (imperative mal, present tense maler, passive males, simple past mol or malte, past participle malt, present participle malende)

mal (imperative)
maler (present)
males (passive)
mol (past)
malte (past)
malt (participle past)
malende (participle present)

den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt


male

male (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)

mel (present)
mol (past)
male (supine)
malen (participle past)
malande (participle present)
mal (imperative)


male

(pre-2012) alternative form of måle, to paint.

malar (present)
mala (past)
mala (participle past)
malast (infinitive passive)
malande (participle present)
male (imperative)
mal (imperative)


male

fro-noun

male oblique singular, f (oblique plural males, nominative singular male, nominative plural males)

male oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
males (oblique plural)
male (nominative singular)
males (nominative plural)
malle (alternative)

Anglo-Norman: male

desctree

→ Middle English: male
English: mail
Scots: mail

→? Irish: mála (or perhaps via English)

Middle French: malle

→ Catalan: mala

French: malle

→ Portuguese: mala

→ Spanish: mala

Gallo: mol

Walloon: male (Forrières)

From Medieval Latin mala, from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”).


male

inflection of mal:
masculine accusative plural

inflection of mal:
feminine genitive singular