"virile" meaning in English

See virile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪɹ.əl/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virile.wav Forms: more virile [comparative], most virile [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, -aɪl Etymology: From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|viril}} Middle French viril, {{uder|en|la|virīlis}} Latin virīlis, {{suffix|la|vir|īlis|nocat=1|pos2=suffix forming adjectives from nouns|t1=man”, “male human}} vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns) Head templates: {{en-adj}} virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
  1. Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor. Translations (being manly): առնական (aṙnakan) (Armenian), му́жны (múžny) (Belarusian), мъжествен (mǎžestven) (Bulgarian), viril (Catalan), masculí (Catalan), 陽剛 (Chinese Mandarin), 阳刚 (yánggāng) (Chinese Mandarin), mužský (Czech), viriel (Dutch), mannelijk (Dutch), miehekäs (Finnish), miehuullinen (Finnish), viriili (Finnish), viril (French), viril [masculine] (Galician), კაცური (ḳacuri) (Georgian), ვაჟკაცური (važḳacuri) (Georgian), მამაკაცური (mamaḳacuri) (Georgian), männlich (German), maskulin (German), viril (German), fearúil (Irish), fearga (Irish), fireann (Irish), mascalach (Irish), virilis (Latin), vyriškas (Lithuanian), مردانه (merdane) (Ottoman Turkish), męski [masculine] (Polish), viril (Portuguese), viril (Romanian), му́жественный (múžestvennyj) (Russian), мужско́й (mužskój) (Russian), вири́льный (virílʹnyj) (Russian), viril (Spanish), viril (Swedish), manlig (Swedish), erkeksi (Turkish), maskulen (Turkish), му́жній (múžnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-virile-en-adj-b0qO-gxk Disambiguation of 'being manly': 79 3 17
  2. (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse. Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-virile-en-adj-hoIo5IzE Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (pertaining to the grammatical gender): მამრობითი (mamrobiti) (Georgian), კაცური (ḳacuri) (Georgian), Personalmaskulinum [neuter] (German), męskoosobowy [masculine] (Polish), мужско́й (mužskój) (Russian), чоловічий (čolovičyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pudendum virile, virile member, virility, viropause Related terms: virtue#Related_terms
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mužskój",
          "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
          "word": "мужско́й"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 7 83",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɪɹ.əl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɹəl"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
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}
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      "word": "nonvirile"
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      "word": "muliebrile"
    },
    {
      "word": "muliebral"
    }
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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pudendum virile"
    },
    {
      "word": "virile member"
    },
    {
      "word": "virility"
    },
    {
      "word": "viropause"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "uder"
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    {
      "form": "more virile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "word": "virtue#Related_terms"
    }
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        "Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor."
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        "Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse."
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          "physiology"
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        "(physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse."
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        "of a male"
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        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns."
      ],
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        [
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          "grammar"
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        ],
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        "(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪɹ.əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɹəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙnakan",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "առնական"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "múžny",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "му́жны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎžestven",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "мъжествен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "masculí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "陽剛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánggāng",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "阳刚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "mužský"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viriel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "mannelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "miehekäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "miehuullinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viriili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳacuri",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "კაცური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "važḳacuri",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "ვაჟკაცური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mamaḳacuri",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "მამაკაცური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "männlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "maskulin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "fearúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "fearga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "fireann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "mascalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "virilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "vyriškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "merdane",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "مردانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "męski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "múžestvennyj",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "му́жественный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mužskój",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "мужско́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "virílʹnyj",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "вири́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "viril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "manlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "erkeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "maskulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "múžnij",
      "sense": "being manly",
      "word": "му́жній"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mamrobiti",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "word": "მამრობითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳacuri",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "word": "კაცური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Personalmaskulinum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "męskoosobowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mužskój",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "word": "мужско́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čolovičyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the grammatical gender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чоловічий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virile"
}

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