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English
Adjective
masculin (not comparable)
- (grammar) Obsolete form of masculine.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French masculin, borrowed from Latin māsculīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.ky.lɛ̃/
- Hyphenation: mas‧cu‧lin
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃
Adjective
masculin (feminine masculine, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculines)
- male
- masculine
- (grammar) masculine
Noun
masculin m (plural masculins)
- (grammar) masculine (masculine word)
- Antonym: féminin
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Interlingua
Adjective
masculin (comparative plus masculin, superlative le plus masculin)
- masculine, male
Antonyms
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
masculin m (feminine singular masculina, masculine plural masculins, feminine plural masculinas)
- masculine (relating to or apt for a male)
- (grammar) masculine
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Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 631.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus.
Adjective
masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)
- (grammar) masculine
Noun
masculin oblique singular, m (oblique plural masculins, nominative singular masculins, nominative plural masculin)
- (grammar) masculine
- E. Stengel (editor), Die ältesten Anleitungsschriften zur Erlernung der französischen Sprache, in: Zeitschrift für neufranzösische Sprache und Litteratur, vol. I, 1879, p. 29:
- Mais cy endroit il fault scavoir que chescun adjectif de femenyn genre doit finir (ou) en un e, et (c'est) quant son masculin fine en e,
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin masculinus, French masculin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
masculin m or n (feminine singular masculină, masculine plural masculini, feminine and neuter plural masculine)
- masculine, manly
- (grammar, of nouns, adjectives, etc.) masculine
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