Male (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. having or relating to a gender identity that corresponds to a complex, variable set of social and cultural roles, traits, and behaviors assigned to people of the sex that typically produces sperm cells.
    • of, relating to, or being an animal or human of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces sperm cells during reproduction.
    • designating or relating to a plant or its reproductive structure producing or containing microspores.
    • (of seed plants) staminate.
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a male person; masculine: a male voice.
  3. comprising male people: a male choir.
  4. made to fit into a corresponding open or recessed part: a male plug.
noun
  1. a male person.
  2. an animal, plant, or plant structure that normally produces sperm cells as part of the process of reproduction.
noun
  1. a city in and the capital of the Maldives.
  1. a combining form meaning “evil,” occurring in loanwords from Latin: malediction.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or designating the sex producing gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a man; masculine
  3. for or composed of men or boys
  4. (of gametes) capable of fertilizing an egg cell in sexual reproduction
  5. (of reproductive organs, such as a testis or stamen) capable of producing male gametes
  6. (of flowers) bearing stamens but lacking a functional pistil
  7. having a projecting part or parts that fit into a female counterpart
noun
  1. a male person, animal, or plant
noun
  1. the capital of the Republic of Maldives, on Malé Island in the centre of the island group. Pop: 90 000 (2005 est)
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