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English
Etymology
From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
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Derived terms
Translations
being manly
- Armenian: առնական (hy) (aṙnakan)
- Belarusian: му́жны (múžny)
- Bulgarian: мъжествен (bg) (mǎžestven)
- Catalan: viril, masculí (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 陽剛 / 阳刚 (zh) (yánggāng)
- Czech: mužský (cs)
- Dutch: viriel (nl), mannelijk (nl)
- Finnish: miehekäs (fi), miehuullinen, viriili (fi)
- French: viril (fr)
- Galician: viril m
- Georgian: კაცური (ḳacuri), ვაჟკაცური (važḳacuri), მამაკაცური (mamaḳacuri)
- German: männlich (de), maskulin (de), viril (de)
- Irish: fearúil, fearga, fireann, mascalach
- Latin: virilis (la)
- Lithuanian: vyriškas (lt)
- Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane)
- Polish: męski (pl) m
- Portuguese: viril (pt)
- Romanian: viril (ro)
- Russian: му́жественный (ru) (múžestvennyj), мужско́й (ru) (mužskój), вири́льный (virílʹnyj)
- Spanish: viril (es)
- Swedish: viril (sv), manlig (sv)
- Turkish: erkeksi (tr), maskulen (tr)
- Ukrainian: му́жній (múžnij)
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pertaining to the grammatical gender
Danish
Adjective
virile
- definite singular of viril
- plural of viril
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile
- feminine singular of viril
Italian
Etymology
From Latin virilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈri.le/
- Rhymes: -ile
- Hyphenation: vi‧rì‧le
Adjective
virile (plural virili)
- virile
- Synonym: maschile
- Antonym: femminile
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
virīle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of virīlis
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
virile
- inflection of viril:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
virile
- inflection of viril:
- definite singular
- plural
Anagrams
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
virile f pl or n pl
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of viril
Swedish
Adjective
virile
- definite natural masculine singular of viril