Male Meɪl Female Extra Examples Adjective Friend/Colleague/Partner Nurse/Model/Dancer

• a male friend/colleague/partner
• a male nurse/model/dancer
• all the attackers were male, aged between 25 and 30.
• the workforce is predominantly male.

male

1. being a man or boy
• a male friend/colleague/partner
• a male nurse/model/dancer
• All the attackers were male, aged between 25 and 30.
• The workforce is predominantly male.
• There are three lead male characters in the film.
• Female students asked more questions than their male counterparts.

Extra Examples

• Nate Parker was the romantic male lead in the film.
• His only male role model is his school soccer coach, Ben.
• About 40 per cent of the city's male population smoke.
• a decrease in the ratio of male to female babies
2. belonging to the sex that does not lay eggs or give birth to babies
• a male bird
• male hormones/fertility/sexuality

Extra Examples

• a study on the difference between the male and female brain
• Beautiful male bodies abound in the visual art of the period.
3. of men; typical of men; affecting men
• COMPARE masculine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/masculine_2
• male attitudes to women
• traditionally male interests
• The club is an exclusively male preserve.
• a male voice choir

Extra Examples

• Indigenous male life expectancy is 69 years.
• I had grown up in a very male environment.
• That was a very male way of dealing with things.
• an essentially male Western view of progress
4. producing pollen
• Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins.
• Pollen has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available.
5. having a part that sticks out that is designed to fit into a hole, socket, etc.
• COMPARE female
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/female_2
• male connectors/adapters
• A male connector and a female connector plug into each other.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.