word-vault/dist/data/cards/ma/masculine.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "masculine",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of men; connected with or like men",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was handsome and strong, and very masculine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel quite masculine in this suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has strong, masculine features."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's a typically masculine attitude!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We assume that stereotypically masculine traits are more suited to the military."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More women are now entering traditionally masculine domains such as construction."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "belonging to a class of words that refer to male people or animals and often have a special form",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘He’ and ‘him’ are masculine pronouns."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns or adjectives that have masculine gender, not feminine or neuter",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The French word for ‘sun’ is masculine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæskjəlɪn/",
                "audio": "ma/masculine/masculine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæskjəlɪn/",
                "audio": "ma/masculine/masculine__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in grammatical use): via Old French from Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’."
}