Definitions for male
ˈmɑ leɪ, -limale

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. malenoun

   an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

2. male, male personnoun

   a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

3. Maleadjective

   the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

4. maleadjective

   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"

5. male, manful, manlike, manly, virileadjective

   characteristic of a man

   "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"

6. maleadjective

   for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

   "the male lead"; "the male population"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malenoun

   Someone of male, masculine gender, whether human, (sexual) animal or (sexual) plant

2. malenoun

   A member of the sex that has organs which produce sperm

3. maleadjective

   Belonging to the sex which produces sperm.

4. maleadjective

   Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals

5. maleadjective

   Inherently characteristic of the male of a species

6. maleadjective

   Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a "female" counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting

7. Malénoun

   The capital of the Maldives

8. Etymology: male, borrowed from masle, malle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus, diminutive of mas.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Male

   in composition, signifies ill, from male, Latin; male, old French.

2. Maleadjective

   Of the sex that begets young; not female.

   Etymology: male, French; masculus, Lat.

   Which shall be heir of the two male twins, who, by the dissection of the mother, were laid open to the world? John Locke.

   You are the richest person in the commonwealth; you have no male child; your daughters are all married to wealthy patricians. Jonathan Swift, Examiner, №. 27.

3. Malenoun

   The he of any species.

   In most the male is the greater, and in some few the female. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 852.

   There be more males than females, but in different proportions. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. male

   A male is a biological and genetic sex that is typically associated with the production of small mobile sex cells called sperm in animals, including humans. In societal context, male also refers to an individual who identifies with characteristics traditionally and culturally associated with men, such as masculinity. The term can be used to categorize humans, animals, and plants.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Maleadjective

   evil; wicked; bad

2. Malenoun

   same as Mail, a bag

3. Maleverb

   of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs

4. Maleverb

   capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them

5. Maleverb

   suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage

6. Maleverb

   consisting of males; as, a male choir

7. Maleverb

   adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc

8. Malenoun

   an animal of the male sex

9. Malenoun

   a plant bearing only staminate flowers

10. Etymology: [L. malus. See Malice.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Male

   A male organism is the physiological sex which produces sperm. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. Not all species share a common sex-determination system. In most animals, including humans, sex is determined genetically, but in some species it can be determined due to social, environmental or other factors.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Male

   māl, n. (Spens.) mail, armour.

2. Male

   māl, adj. masculine: pertaining to the sex that begets (not bears) young: (bot.) bearing stamens.—n. one of the male sex: a he-animal: a stamen-bearing plant.—n. Male′-fern, an elegant fern, with the fronds growing in a crown.—Male order, in architecture, the Doric order; Male rhymes, those in which only the final syllables correspond; Male screw, a screw whose threads correspond to and enter the spiral grooves of the female screw. [O. Fr. male—L. masculus, male—mas, a male.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. male

   A type of human being with a penis that produces sperm at a specific age of maturity and development.

   The male species are very beautiful and we call them gentlemen.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MALE

   What does MALE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MALE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Male

   that sex having organs for the production of spermatozoa: designated by "?", the astronomical sign for Mars. {Scanner's comment: The sign for Mars being an diagonal arrow rising from a circle, and pointing upwards towards the right.}

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MALE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Male is ranked #16265 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Male surname appeared 1,773 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Male.
   
   78.6% or 1,395 total occurrences were White.
   7.2% or 128 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   6.4% or 115 total occurrences were Black.
   4% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.4% or 43 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Biology

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'male' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1116

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'male' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2622

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'male' in Nouns Frequency: #1038

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'male' in Adjectives Frequency: #139

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Anagrams for male »

1. amel

2. Elam

3. Elma

4. lame

5. lamé

6. leam

7. lema

8. meal

9. mela

10. alme

11. alem

How to pronounce male?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say male in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of male in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of male in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of male in a Sentence

1. Thietmar of Merseburg:

   Though [Theophanu] was of the weak sex she possessed moderation, trustworthiness, and good manners. In this way she protected with male vigilance the royal power for her son, friendly with all those who were honest, but with terrifying superiority against rebels.

2. The FBI:

   Some said Alonzo Brooks may have flirted with a girl, some said drunken White men wanted to fight an African-American male, and some said racist Whites simply resented Brooks' presence.

3. Natalie Robehmed:

   I think that really speaks to the wider Hollywood pay gap. It is a lot more difficult for women to get the kind of roles that they would earn massive profits on the back end of in comparison to male actors.

4. Allan Willman:

   We both won our age groups for female and male, but overall she just beat me by a hair.

5. Natasha Walter:

   The behaviour of staff, particularly male staff, in Yarl's Wood detention centre, is adding to the trauma of survivors of sexual violence.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=male
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Male
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=male
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/male
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=male
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=male
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=male
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=male