"masculinize" meaning in English

See masculinize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: masculinizes [present, singular, third-person], masculinizing [participle, present], masculinized [participle, past], masculinized [past]
Etymology: From masculine + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|masculine|ize}} masculine + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} masculinize (third-person singular simple present masculinizes, present participle masculinizing, simple past and past participle masculinized)
  1. (transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics. Tags: transitive Synonyms: manify, masculize [rare], masculinise Derived forms: masculinization Translations (make (more) masculine): masculinitzar (Catalan), 男性化 (lâm-sèng-hòa) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 男性化 (naam⁴ sing³ faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 男性化 (nánxìnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), maskuliinisoida (Finnish), masculiniser (French), masculinizar (Galician), vermännlichen (German), maskulinisieren (German), mascolinizzare (Italian), 남성화(男性化)하다 (namseonghwahada) (Korean), maskulinizować [imperfective] (Polish), zmaskulinizować [perfective] (Polish), umężczyźniać [imperfective] (Polish), umężczyźnić [perfective] (Polish), masculinizar (Portuguese), masculinizar (Spanish), maskulinisera (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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