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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) male, borrowed from Old French (deprecated template usage) masle, (deprecated template usage) malle (Modern French (deprecated template usage) mâle), from Latin (deprecated template usage) masculus, diminutive of (deprecated template usage) mās.

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male (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the sex which is generally characterized as having the smaller gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made) which fertilize the female-produced eggs. [from 14th c.]
2. Pertaining to or associated with men, or male animals. [from 16th c.]
   • 2009, The Guardian, 11 Dec 09:

     "While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with them, the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorised performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes," the band's lawyers alleged.

3. Template:biology Inherently characteristic of the male of a species. [from 17th c.]
   • 2009, The Guardian, 11 Sep 09:

     "It's very complex area," said Bowen-Simpkins, a consultant gynaecologist. "The male hormone is what gives bulk to muscles and bones so they are at an advantage."

4. Template:figurative Of instruments or tools: designed to fit into or penetrate a "female" counterpart, as in a connector or pipe fitting. [from 16th c.]

• manly, masculine
• Template:figurative plug, pin

• female
• neuter

male (plural males)

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

• boy

• female

• macho
• masculine
• ♂

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• amel
• Elma
• lame, lamé
• lema
• meal

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /maːlə/, [ˈmæːlə]
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(deprecated template usage) male (imperative mal, present maler, past malede)

1. grind, mill
2. paint

(deprecated template usage) male

1. Template:archaic inflexion of maal (all senses)

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male

from the prefix mal- (antonym) + -e (indicates adverb)

1. on the contrary

Coined ex nihilo by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.

male

1. chess

male

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of malen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of malen.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of malen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of malen.

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male

1. badly, wrongly

• bene

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1. evil, harm
2. pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease

• bene

• andare a male
• far male
• farsi male
• grande male
• mal d'auto
• mal di gola
• mal di mare
• mal di testa
• mal di denti
• mal di fegato
• meno male
• non c'è male
• poco male

• Template:alphagram
• alme
• lame
• mela

From (deprecated template usage) malus.

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1. badly
2. wrongly
3. cruelly, wickedly

• maledīcō
• malefaciō
• nōn male

• malus

male

1. paint
2. grind (to make smaller by breaking with a device)
3. purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)