Male

Definition: Male

Male

Adjective

1. (biology) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree".

2. For or composed of men or boys; "the male lead"; "masculine attire".

3. Characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports".

Noun

1. An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova).

2. A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies.

3. The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.

Date "male" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Male \Male\, adjective. [French m[^a]le, Old French masle, mascle, from Latin masculus male, masculine, diminutive of mas a male; possibly akin to English man. Compare to Masculine, Marry, transitive verb]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	MALE, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Literature	Male (See Sex .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Male

Synonyms: manful (adj), manlike (adj), manly (adj), virile (adj), male person (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: male- (transportation).

Antonyms: androgynous (adj), female (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courage	Phrase: one's blood being up; courage sans peur;fortes fortuna adjuvat; "have I not in my time heard lions roar "; " I dare do all that may become a man "; male vincetis sed vincite; omne solum forti patria; " self-trust is the essence of heroism "; stimulos dedit oemula virtus; " strong and great, a hero "; teloque animus proestantior omni; "there, is always safety in valor"; virtus ariete fortier.
Man	Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth).
	Adjective: male, he-, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine.
Property	Absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold; fee tail, fee simple; estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail; estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general.
Sexuality	Noun: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness; female, femininity .
Strength	Manly, man-like, manful; masculine, male, virile.
Vice	Phrase: alitur vitium vivitque tegendo; genus est mortis male vivere; mala mens malus animus; nemo repente fuit turpissimus; "the trail of the serpent is over them all"; "to sanction vice and hunt decorum down".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Male

English words defined with "male": adult male ♦ male body, male bonding, male child, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals, male horse, male monarch, male offspring, male parent, Male rhyme, male sibling, Male thread. (references)

Specialty definitions using "male": Contraceptive Agents, Male ♦ Fertility Agents, Male ♦ Genital Neoplasms, Male, Genitalia, Male ♦ Infertility, Male ♦ male population aged 0-14, male population aged 15-64, Male Sapphires, Male suada Fames ♦ Nurses, Male ♦ Urologic and Male Genital Diseases, Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male. (references)

Etymologies containing "male": Thar. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Male" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (grind, paint, pulverize), Esperanto (on the contrary), German (marks), Italian (ache, Amiss, bad, badly, disease, evil, harm, hurt, ill, illness, misfortune, not well, pain, poorly, sickness, trouble, wrong, wrongly), Latin (apple, badly, calamity, disaster, evil, extremely, fruit, harm, hurt, ill, lemon, mischief, misfortune, plague, punishment, quince, unfortunately, wickedly, with evil intent, wrongly), Norwegian (grind).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Course in 1986 46,400 male drivers were definitely involved in fatal accidents (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass) You don't need a male, I mean (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) So it's just empty calories and male curiosity, eh, Georgie (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Let's kill every first born male child in Rock Ridge (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Do you want your son to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a sleazy male stripper (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Lyrics	A woman is a woman and a man ain't nothin' but a male (Jump Jive An' Wail; performing artist: Brian Setzer Orchestra; writing credit: L. Prima) Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male. (SMOOTH OPERATOR; performing artist: Sade; writing credit: Sade Adu and St. John) Have a male friend to ask for me (Part-time lover; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) Mr. Sandman male voice: Yesss ("Mr. Sandman"; performing artist: The Chordettes)
Clever	Healthy appearing, decrepit, 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Amore mio non farmi male (1974) The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig (1973) Male Bait (1971) Confessions of a Male Groupie (1971) Male Techniques (1970)
Song Titles	Typical Male (performing artist: Tina Turner)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Casual Male Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Male Breast Cancer (reference) The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Male Action Figures Toys and Games (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Friendless American Male (reference) Full-Frontal: Male Nudity Video Guide (reference) Androgen Deficiency in the Aging Male (reference) Goodbye Father: The Celibate Male Priesthood and the Future of the Catholic Church (reference) Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Volume 9, Part B, Progress in Male Gamete Ultrastructure and Phylogeny (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	International Male (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Yoga Secrets - All Male Nude (reference) I Was a Male War Bride (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Karaoke: Classic Hits Male (reference) Very Best of Welsh Male Choirs (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AP-042 Mini to 2 RCA Male (reference) 6ft Rca Dual Male To 1/8in Stereo Male Audio Cable (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Milton 1837BK 'M' Style Quick Fitting: 3/8" Male Plug (reference) Milton 716BK 'M' Style Quick Fitting: 1/4" Male Coupler (reference) Milton 727BK 'M' Style Quick Coupler: 1/4" Male Plug (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Line drawing showing lateral view of male reproductive system (and kidney). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Pictured is an adult black male patient and a nurse wearing a lab coat. She is testing him for high blood pressure and they are both looking at the indication on the measuring instrument. The patient may require the use of a drug to control his high blood pressure. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Photomicrograph of a urethral exudate from a male with urethritis, indicating gram-negative N. gonorrhoeae intracellular diplococci. Credit: CDC.		33 year old white male who died of inhalation anthrax; photomicrograph demonstrating necrotic lymph node found at time of autopsy; H&E stain. Credit: CDC.
	A large male killer whale - Orcinus orca. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).		Helicopter pilot Budd Christman with large sedated male polar bear - Ursus maritimus. Bears were measured and tagged for future study. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) studies. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).
	The sex of a blue crab is determined by the shape of the "apron". The male apron, shown here, is shaped like a rocket. Females have either a "V" shape (immature) or a very wide apron with a small tip (mature.). Credit: America's Coastlines.		Killer whale study. Large male killer whale cruising by. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Bluefin tuna male sexual glands. Credit: Fisheries.		Humpback salmon, adult male. In: "The Fishes of Alaska." Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVI, 1906. P. 360, Plate XXIII. Credit: Fisheries.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Bingo caller calling out bingo numbers and letters, a male participant says "bingo".		Male elephant trumpeting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Arthur Schopenhauer	Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
George Eliot	Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it.
Rupert Brooke	The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
Thomas Jefferson	We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	In those viviparous animals which feed on grass, the conjunction between male and female lasts no longer than the very act of copulation; because the teat of the dam being sufficient to nourish the young, till it be able to feed on grass, the male only begets, but concerns not himself for the female or young, to whose sustenance he can contribute nothing. (Second Treatise of Government)
Amendment to US Constitution	1795-1996	But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Let Justinian be the male, and festivity the female
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He had known neither the pleasure of companionship with others nor the vigour of rude male health nor filial piety
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I shall say something of the male nurseries, and then of the female
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Correctly and consistently use a male condom. (references)
		Male partners generally do not need to be treated. (references)
		Neonatal ALD affects both male and female newborns. (references)
Business		A number of homosexuals and male prostitutes have been killed in recent years. (references)
		This appealed to women DIYers and, importantly, did not put off male shoppers either. (references)
		Prison officials sometimes encourage women to form sexual liaisons with male prisoners and guards. (references)
Children	Sierra Leone	At the university level, male students predominate. (references)
	Ghana	Shrine priests generally are male, but may be female as well. (references)
	Maldives	Of the students enrolled, 49 percent are female and 51 percent are male. (references)
Civil Liberties	Saint Lucia	A second male, age 34, was arrested a day later. (references)
	Kuwait	By tradition women are barred from male diwanyas. (references)
	Afghanistan	Foreign male journalists were not permitted to interview women. (references)
Economic History	Syria	Literacy--78% male, 51% female. (references)
	Burundi	Attendance--55% male, 45% female. (references)
	Burkina Faso	Education: Literacy (2000)--23%: male 30%; female 9%. (references)
Human Rights	Bahamas	Women are held separately from male prisoners. (references)
	Papua New Guinea	Male and female inmates are housed separately. (references)
	Malaysia	Male criminals age 50 and above and women are exempted from caning. (references)
Minorities	Italy	In March a male Rom was convicted for the November 1998 killing of an 11-year-old boy. (references)
	Kuwait	Marriages pose special hardships because the offspring of male bidoon inherit the father's undetermined legal status. (references)
	Germany	Perpetrators of rightwing extremist violence were predominantly young, male, and of low socioeconomic status; they often committed such acts spontaneously and while inebriated. (references)
Political Economy	Lesotho	Approximately 13 percent of the adult male work force works in mines in South Africa. (references)
	Sierra Leone	While more than 2,600 abducted children were released by the RUF, most of those let go were male. (references)
	Kuwait	The next scheduled elections will be in 2003. Candidates nominate themselves and must be adult male, Kuwaiti citizens. (references)
Political Rights	Liechtenstein	The monarchy is hereditary in the male line. (references)
	Solomon Islands	Traditional male dominance has limited the role of women in government. (references)
	Suriname	The number of women in the National Assembly increased from 9 to 10 during the year, following the death of a male parliamentarian. (references)
Travel	Oman	Single women and young male tourists may find their tourist applications rejected. (references)
	Egypt	Male dual nationals of military age who have not completed military service are not generally required to enlist in the armed forces; however, before they can leave Egypt, they must obtain an exemption certificate through the Ministry of Defense draft office. (references)
Women	Trinidad and Tobago	Of those, 20 were female and 6 male. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	Almost all children working in the surgical instrument industry are male. (references)
	Pakistan	The child labor force was found to be predominantly male (73 percent) and rural (71 percent). (references)
	China	At Drapchi prison male prisoners reportedly work in vegetable fields and in factories at the prison. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes, in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no human male aspirant. The Dog is a survival -- an anachronism. He toils not, neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon a door-mat all day long, sun-soaked and fly-fed and fat, while his master worked for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Johnny Cash	I do, I have a favorite. My favorite female artist is Emmylou Harris. My favorite male artist would be Dwight Yaokam.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Male" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.43% of the time. "Male" is used about 7,796 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	83.43%	6,504	1,490
Noun (singular)	16.44%	1,282	6,156
Noun (proper)	0.12%	9	117,287
Total	100.00%	7,796	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "male".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Marcus	Male	Ancient Roman	A male
Marius	Male	Ancient Roman	A male
Jozachar	N/A	Biblical	Of the male sex
Zaccur	N/A	Biblical	Of the male kind
Martin	Male	Czech	A male
Marius	Male	Dutch	A male
Marcus	Male	English	A male
Marius	Male	English	A male
Martin	Male	English	A male
Marius	Male	French	A male
Martin	Male	French	A male
Marius	Male	German	A male
Martin	Male	German	A male
Mars	Male	Roman Mythology	A male
Marius	Male	Romanian	A male
Martin	Male	Romanian	A male
Martin	Male	Russian	A male
Marius	Male	Scandinavian	A male
Martin	Male	Slovene	A male
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name
USA	Casual Male Corp.
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1. Male, Maldives
Location: 4.10 North, 73.28 East
Population (2000 estimate): 57270
Time Zone: 5 GMT
Country: Maldives

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Expressions: Male

Expressions using "male": adult male ♦ adult male body ♦ cytoplasmic male sterility ♦ estate in tail male ♦ genus est mortis male vivere ♦ male aristocrat ♦ male berry ♦ male body ♦ male bonding ♦ male chauvinism ♦ male chauvinist ♦ male chauvinist pig ♦ male chest ♦ male child ♦ male cook ♦ male crocodile ♦ male doctor ♦ male eider ♦ male erecticle dysfunction ♦ male fern ♦ male flower ♦ male genital organ ♦ male genitalia ♦ male genitals ♦ male horse ♦ Male Infertility ♦ male internal reproductive organ ♦ male kid ♦ male member ♦ male menopause ♦ male model ♦ male monarch ♦ male nurse ♦ male offspring ♦ male orchis ♦ male organ ♦ male orgasm ♦ male parent ♦ male part ♦ male person ♦ male plug ♦ male prostitute ♦ male reproductive gland ♦ male reproductive system ♦ Male rhyme ♦ Male screw ♦ male servant ♦ male sex ♦ Male Sexual Dysfunction ♦ male sexual organs ♦ male sibling ♦ male sparrow ♦ Male thread ♦ male tiger ♦ male tortoise ♦ male voice choir ♦ mountain male fern ♦ of the male persuasion ♦ Urologic and Male Genital Diseases. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "male": male-appropriate, male-as-norm, male-associated, male-audience, male-bashing, male-biased, male-bonding, male-brooding, male-centred, male-chauvinist, male-chauvinistic, male-controlled, male-counterpart, male-defined, male-derived, male-dominated, male-domination, male-employing, male-female, male-formulated, male-friendly, male-group, male-headed, male-identified, male-inspired, male-line, male-male, male-mediated, Male-odor, male-only, male-orientated, male-orientation, male-oriented, male-pattern, male-patterned baldness, male-rich, male-servicing, male-sounding, male-specific, Male-spirited, male-sterile, male-supervised, male-supremacist, male-talk, male-to-female, male-to-male, male-type, male-voice, male-worked, male-y-chromosome.
	Ending with "male": all-male, anti-male, female-to-male, inter-male, multi-male, two-male, uni-male.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Male

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
gay male porn	6,484	gay male story	476
male model	5,237	male hair style	470
male stripper	3,695	male foot	452
nude male	2,303	male sex	444
male	1,862	male nude photography	439
male masturbation	1,860	male menopause	438
male escort	1,264	black male model	430
nude male model	1,201	male bondage	427
gay male	1,054	male muscle	410
international male	975	naked male model	403
male porn star	866	male underwear model	396
maldives male	815	naked male	395
nude male celebrity	753	gay male sex	372
male porn	642	male dancer	360
male body builder	608	nude male celeb	348
underwear male	578	male gallery	330
gay male escort	542	gay male adult gallery	318
male picture	527	male penis	311
male masturbation technique	513	male pattern baldness	309
male enhancement	512	male dog name	300
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Male

Language		Translations for "male"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		manlik (masculine). (various references)

Albanian		mashkullor (manly, masculine, phallic), mashkull (buck, bull, dog, he, mate, stag, Tom), burrë (chap, fellow, husband, Jack, lad, Lord, man, mate, men, Mister, my better half). (various references)

Arabic		‏فحل (bull, potent, virile), ‏مذكر (masculine, reminiscent), ‏عضو التذكير, ‏ذكري, ‏ذكر من الإنسان (he), ‏رجل (bloke, boy, buck, chap, gent, go on foot, lad, leg, man, pin), ‏رجولي (manly, masculine, virile). (various references)

Bulgarian		самец (boar, he, loner), силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, loud, lusty, main, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervous, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stark, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous), който влиза в друг детайл, от мъжки пол, мъжки (bull, he, man, man-sized, masculine, virile), мъжествен (manful, manly, masculine, virile), мъж (boomer, gent, gentleman, he, hub, husband, man), животно от мъжки пол. (various references)

Chinese		男性 . (various references)

Czech		mužský (masculine, virile), muž (chap, husband, man), vnitřní (domestic, inland, inner, interior, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical, inward), vnìjší (exterior, extern, external, extraneous, extrinsic, objective, outer, outside, outward, over), samec (buck, he, sire), samèí. (various references)

Danish		mandlig (masculine). (various references)

Dutch		mannetje (dwarf). (various references)

Esperanto		masklo, maskla, virseksulo, virseksa, vira (masculine). (various references)

Faeroese		frensur (male cat). (various references)

Farsi		مذکر (Masculine), مردانه (Manly, Mannish, Masculine, Virile), نرینه (Masculine), نرین (Masculine), گشن (Masculine), جنس نر (Johnny). (various references)

Finnish		uros (buck), koiras (sire). (various references)

French		mâle (he man, man, manly, masculine, mate). (various references)

German		männlich (manly, mannish, masculine, unfeminine, virile, virilly), Rüde (brusque, curt, dog, impolite, ungracious, ungraciously), mann (fellow, hand, husband, man, mate), männchen (he, little man, manikin, mate). (various references)

Greek		αρσενικός (patrix). (various references)

Hebrew		זכר (masculine, masculine gender, remember, tup). (various references)

Hungarian		hím (buck, dog). (various references)

Indonesian		laki-laki (masculine), jantan (macho, manly, masculine). (various references)

Italian		maschio (boy, bull, Jack, man, manful, manly, masculine, son), maschile (boy's, manly, masculine, men's, unfeminine, viril). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		雄 , 牡 , 男性　 (man), 男性 (man). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おす (to conclude, to infer, to press, to push, to stamp, to support), だんせい (elasticity, male voice, man). (various references)

Korean		남자 (male-, man, men, men's). (various references)

Malagasy		lahy. (various references)

Manx		firrynagh (he, masculine), fer (bloke, chap, fellow, gentleman, individual, man), bock (buck, gelding, he, josser, swell). (various references)

Norwegian		kokk (cook, male cook). (various references)

Papiamen		kòki (cook, female cook, male cook). (various references)

Pig Latin		alemay.(various references)

Polish		męski (masculine). (various references)

Portuguese		macho (buck, cock-a-doodle-doo, flute, he, macho, malaria, masculine, mate, mule, tenon, virile). (various references)

Quechua		wawqe (brother of a male), pana (sister ofa male). (various references)

Romanian		masculin (masculine, virile), mascul (bull, dog), tânãr (adolescent, boy, childish, colt, juvenile, kid, lad, shaver, stripling, young, youngster, youth, youthful), om (fellow, human, husband, individual, Jack, man, my man, person, somebody, soul, spouse, subject), bãrbat (he, hubby, husband, Jack, man, spouse), bãrbãtuş (buck, mate), bãrbãtesc (brave, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, man's, masculine, resolute, virile). (various references)

Russian		самец мужской, самец (male beast, mate, sire), мужской (manlike, masculine, mens, virile), мужчина (hen-hussy, man). (various references)

Scottish		firionn. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mužjak (buck, cock sparrow, he, jack), muževan (macho, manlike, manly, two-fisted), muški (manful, manfully, manly, mannish, masculine, virile), muškarac (man). (various references)

Shona		gotora (male goat). (various references)

Spanish		masculino (manly, masculine), macho (buck, bully, butch, he, macho, man, mate, pin, pintle, plug, sledgehammer, tap), varón (he, man). (various references)

Sranan		koki (cook, male cook), boriman (cook, male cook). (various references)

Swahili		mpishi (cook, male cook). (various references)

Swedish		hane (hammer, Tom), manlig (manful, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile). (various references)

Tagalog		laláki (fellow, man, masculine). (various references)

Turkish		erkek (boy, fellow, gent, he, he-, Jack, man, masculine, Tom). (various references)

Turkmen		sanitar (r) (male nurse). (various references)

Ukrainian		самець (dog, he, macho, mate), чоловічий (manlike, masculine, virile), чоловік (consort, he, him, husband, man, masculine, mate, spouse). (various references)

Vietnamese		trai tráng, trai, trống mạnh mẽ, con trai (boy, masculine), con trống, con đực (masculine), đực, đàn ông (he, orchestrina, orchestrion). (various references)

Welsh		mab (boy, man, son), gwryw. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Male

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	lu, nitah. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	mare, marem, mares, mari, maria, maribus, maris, mas, masculi, masculinus, masculo, masculorum, masculos, masculum, masculus, maseas, masman, masmana. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	arsha. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	mann. (various references)
Spanish	900-Modern	macho. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Male

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 17, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai elaben abraam ismahl ton uion autou kai pantaV touV oikogeneiV autou kai pantaV touV argurwnhtouV kai pan arsen twn andrwn twn en tw oikw abraam kai perietemen taV akrobustiaV autwn en tw kairw thV hmeraV ekeinhV kaqa elalhsen autw o qeoV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tulit autem Abraham Ismahelem filium suum et omnes vernaculos domus suae universosque quos emerat cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suae et circumcidit carnem praeputii eorum statim in ipsa die sicut praeceperat ei Deus
Old English	990	West Saxon	Abraham soðlice ymbsnað hys sunu Ismahel on þone ylcan dæg, swa swa God him bebead
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Abraham forsothe toke Ysmael, his sone, and alle the fre men of his hows, and alle whom he had bowyt, alle the malis of alle men of his hows, and he circumsidide the flehs of the vttermor parti of ther yerde, anoon in that day, as God had comaundid hym.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Abraham toke Ismaell his sonne and all the servauntes borne in his housse and all that was bought with money as many as were menchildren amonge the me of Abrahas housse and circumcysed the foreskynne of their flesh even the selfe same daye as God had sayde vnto him.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the same day, as God had said to him.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Male

Language	Genesis Chapter 17, Verse 23
Cebuano	Unya si Abraham mikuha kang Ismael nga iyang anak ug sa tanan nga mga ulipon nga natawo sa iyang balay, ug sa tanan nga mga pinalit sa iyang salapi, ug sa tanan nga lalake nga mga tawo sa balay ni Abraham; ug gicircuncidahan niya ang unod sa ilang panit niadtong maong adlawa, sumala sa giingon kaniya sa Dios.
Croatian	Uzme zatim Abraham svoga sina Jišmaela i sve robove koji su bili roðeni u njegovu domu i sve koje je kupio novcem - sve muške ukuæane - pa ih toga istog dana obreže, kako mu je Bog rekao.
Danish	Da tog Abraham sin Søn Ismael og alle sine hjemmefødte og de købte, alt af Mandkøn i Abrahams Hus, og omskar selvsamme Dag deres Forhud, således som Gud havde pålagt ham.
Dutch	Toen nam Abraham zijn zoon Ismael, en al de ingeborenen van zijn huis, en alle gekochten met zijn geld, al wat mannelijk was onder de lieden van het huis van Abraham, en hij besneed het vlees hunner voorhuid, even ten zelfden dage, gelijk als God met hem gesproken had.
Finnish	Ja Aabraham otti poikansa Ismaelin sekä kaikki kotona syntyneet ja kaikki rahalla ostamansa palvelijat, kaikki Aabrahamin perheen miehenpuolet, ja ympärileikkasi sinä samana päivänä heidän esinahkansa lihan, niinkuin Jumala oli hänelle sanonut.
French	Abraham prit Ismaël, son fils, tous ceux qui étaient nés dans sa maison et tous ceux qu`il avait acquis à prix d`argent, tous les mâles parmi les gens de la maison d`Abraham; et il les circoncit ce même jour, selon l`ordre que Dieu lui avait donné.
German	Da nahm Abraham seinen Sohn Ismael und alle Knechte, die daheim geboren, und alle, die erkauft, und alles, was männlich war in seinem Hause, und beschnitt die Vorhaut an ihrem Fleisch ebendesselben Tages, wie ihm Gott gesagt hatte.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pada hari itu juga, Abraham mentaati Allah dan menyunatkan Ismael anaknya, dan semua orang laki-laki dalam rumahnya, termasuk para hamba yang lahir dalam rumahnya maupun yang dibelinya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka diambil Ibrahim akan Ismail, anaknya, dan akan segala orang laki-laki yang telah jadi dalam rumahnya dan yang telah dibelinya dengan uang, yaitu segala orang laki-laki di antara mereka itu sekalian yang dalam rumah Ibrahim, lalu disunatkannya daging kulupnya pada hari itu juga, setuju dengan firman Allah kepadanya.
Italian	Allora Abramo prese Ismaele suo figlio e tutti i nati nella sua casa e tutti quelli comperati con il suo denaro, tutti i maschi appartenenti al personale della casa di Abramo, e circoncise la carne del loro membro in quello stesso giorno, come Dio gli aveva detto.
Maori	¶ Katahi ka tongo a Aperahama i a Ihimaera i tana tama, ratou ko nga mea katoa i whanau i roto i tona whare, me nga mea katoa i hokona ki tana moni, nga tane katoa i roto i nga tangata o te whare o Aperahama; a kotia ana e ia to ratou kiri matamat a i taua ra pu ano, i pera me ta te Atua i korero ai ki a ia.
Norwegian	Samme dag tok Abraham Ismael, sin sønn, og alle som var født i hans hus, og alle som var kjøpt for hans penger, alt mannkjønn blandt folkene i Abrahams hus, og omskar deres forhud, således som Gud hadde sagt til ham.
Portuguese	Logo tomou Abraão a seu filho Ismael, e a todos os nascidos na sua casa e a todos os comprados por seu dinheiro, todo varão entre os da casa de Abraão, e lhes circuncidou a carne do prepúcio, naquele mesmo dia, como Deus lhe ordenara.
Rumanian	Avraam a luat pe fiul squ Ismael, pe toyi ceice se nqscuserq kn casa lui, wi pe toyi robii cumpqrayi cu bani, adicq pe toyi cei de parte bqrbqteascq dintre oamenii din casa lui Avraam, wi le -a tqiat kmprejur carnea prepuyului, chiar kn ziua aceea, dupq porunca, pe care i -o dqduse Dumnezeu.
Swedish	Och Abraham tog sin son Ismael och alla sina tjänare, de hemfödda och de som voro köpta för penningar, allt mankön bland Abrahams husfolk, och omskar på denna samma dag deras förhud, såsom Gud hade tillsagt honom.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Male

Derivations
	Words beginning with "male": maleate, maleates, maledict, maledicted, maledicting, malediction, maledictions, maledictory, maledicts, malefaction, malefactions, malefactor, malefactors, malefic, maleficence, maleficences, maleficent, malemiut, malemiuts, malemute, malemutes, maleness, malenesses, males, malevolence, malevolences, malevolent, malevolently. (additional references)
	Words ending with "male": antifemale, antimale, female, intermale, supermale, tamale. (additional references)
	Words containing "male": dismaler, dismalest, femaleness, femalenesses, females, plasmalemma, plasmalemmas, supermales, tamales, whigmaleerie, whigmaleeries. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Male" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amalek, amele, amlee, Emdale, jale, maal, Maale, Maaleht, Maalim, mabe, mable, mae, mael, mafe, magle, Maglen, Mahl, mahlim, Mahlke, mailee, Maille, maje, Malak, malat, mald, malde, Malee, maleg, maleh, maler, Malev, Malew, maley, malg, malia, malik, Malim, Malk, Malla, malle, Mallei, mallen, mallo, maloe, malp, malr, malte, Malu, malue, Maluf, Ma'luf, malve, Maly, Maolle, mape, Marle, Marlee, masle, Maslen, Mavlyet, mawe, Mawley, maxe, maylem, Mballa, Meala, meale, meazle, meel, mekle, mele, meleh, melen, Meleu, meli, melle, Meloe, Meole, mgal, Mgala, Mhala, Miale, miel, miele, milex, milue, mla, mlaen, mlaze, mle, mlea, mnla, moale, mple, Mwale, mwali, myle, Mzali, Nalec, Nalle, na'lu, nayle, Njala. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Male"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "male" (pronounced mā"l)
3	m ā" l	mail, maile, tramell.
2	-ā" l	ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, braille, Carrell, curtail, dale, derail, detail, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gale, grail, hail, Hale, impale, stale, surveil, tail, tale, inhale, jail, kail, kale, nail, pail, pale, prevail, quail, quale, rail, sail, sale, scale, shale, snail, trail, travail, unveil, Vail, Vale, veil, wail, Wale, whale.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Male

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: alme, lame, meal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m"
	-1 letter: ale, elm, lam, lea, mae, mel.
	-2 letters: ae, al, am, el, em, la, ma, me.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m"
	+1 letter: almeh, almes, amble, amole, ample, blame, camel, email, flame, fleam, gleam, hemal, lamed, lamer, lames, leman, lemma, macle, maile, males, maple, meals, mealy, medal, metal, realm, ulema.
	+2 letters: aflame, agleam, almehs, almner, almuce, almude, ambled, ambler, ambles, amoles, ampler, ampule, amulet, armlet, becalm, bedlam, beldam, blamed, blamer, blames, calmed, calmer, camels, camlet, damsel, dermal, emails, embalm, empale, enamel, female, flambe, flamed, flamen, flamer, flames, fleams, gamble, gamely, gleams, gleamy, haemal, hamlet, hiemal, impale, lambed, lamber, lambie, lamedh, lameds, lamely, lament, lamest, lamiae, lammed, lamped, lawmen, laymen, legman, lemans, lemmas, loamed, mackle, macled, macles, macule, maglev, mailed, mailer, mailes, malate, malfed, malgre, malice, maline, malled, mallee, mallei, mallet, malted, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, maples, marble, marcel, marled, marvel, mauled, mauler, mealie, meanly, measle, measly, meatal, medals, medial, medlar, menial, mensal, mental, mescal, mesial, metals, mezcal, milage, morale, muleta, namely, palmed, palmer, ramble, realms, remail, samiel, samlet, sample, tamale, tamely, tramel, ulemas, wadmel, wamble.
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Male

Definition: Male

Male

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Male

Specialty Definition: Male

Man

MAN

Synonyms: Male

Synonyms within Context: Male

Courage

Man

Property

Sexuality

Strength

Vice

Crosswords: Male

Modern Usage: Male

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Male

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Male

Photos:Male

Illustrations:Male

Computer Images:Male

Photo Album: Male

Digital Photo Gallery: Male

Sounds Captioned with "Male".

Familiar Quotations: Male

Arthur Schopenhauer

George Eliot

Rupert Brooke

Thomas Jefferson

Historic Usage: Male

John Locke

Amendment to US Constitution

Use in Literature: Male

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Male

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Male

Johnny Cash

Usage Frequency: Male

Derived & Related Names: Male

Usage in Company Names: Male

Casual Male Corp.

Cities: Male

Expressions: Male

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Male

Photos:
Male

Illustrations:
Male

Computer Images:
Male