Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word male. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in male.
Definitions and meaning of male
male
Etymology
From Middle Englishmale, borrowed from Old Frenchmalle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latinmasculus(“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās(“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old Englishwǣpned(“male”, literally “penised”), derived from the noun wǣpn(“weapon”), which had the secondary sense “penis.”
Pronunciation
(UK, US) enPR: māl, IPA(key): /meɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl
Homophone: mail
Adjective
male (not generally comparable, comparativemalerormore male, superlativemalestormost male)
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
male writers
the leading male and female singers
a male bird feeding a seed to a female
in bee colonies, all drones are male
intersex male patients
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
the male chromosome; like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
(grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
manly, mannish, masculine
(figurative: of instruments, etc):plug, pin
Coordinate terms
female; androgynous; intersex; non-binary
(grammar):female: see alsomasculine
Translations
Noun
male (pluralmales)
One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:male.
An animal of the sex that has testes.
A plant of the masculine sex.
A bacterium which has the F factor.
A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
Usage notes
Similar to objections over the usage of female(s) as a noun, some people find it dehumanizing to refer to men as "male(s)" due to its zoological use, especially in non-technical contexts. It is frequently used in police blotters, dispatches, reports, and legal, medical, or physiological documents to encompass boys and men, further fueling aversion through this association with criminality and/or vice.
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmaːlə/, [ˈmɛːlə]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low Germanmālen(“to draw, paint”), from Old Saxonmālōn, from Proto-West Germanic*mālōn, from Proto-Germanic*mēlōną, which could be related to *mailą(“spot, blemish, mark”). Cognate with Icelandicmála(“to paint”).
Verb
male (imperativemal, presentmaler, pastmaledeormalte, past participlemaletormalt)
To paint.
Derived terms
maler(“painter”)
maleri(“painting”)
maling(“paint”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norsemala, from Proto-Germanic*malaną(“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-(“to grind, rub, break up”). Cognate with Icelandicmala.
Verb
male (imperativemal, infinitiveat male, present tensemaler, past tensemalede, perfect tenseer/har malet)
To grind, mill.
Derived terms
maling(“grinding”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
male
(archaic) dative singular of maal
Verb
male
(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of malen
Esperanto
Etymology
From prefix mal-(antonym) + -e(indicates adverbs).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmale]
Audio:
Rhymes: -ale
Hyphenation: ma‧le
Adverb
male
on the contrary
opposingly; in opposition
male ol... ― as opposed to...
Estonian
Etymology
From malev(“army”), a word attested in the 13th century Livonian Chronicle of Henry. Coined by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.
“male”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“male”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
male in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Limburgish
Alternative forms
maale(Eupen, Krefeld)
mooehle(Krefeld)
maole(Maastrichtian)
Etymology
From Middle Dutchmālen, from Old Dutch*malan, from Proto-West Germanic*malan, from Proto-Germanic*malaną.
Verb
male
To mill.
Conjugation
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Frenchmasle, malle, from Late Latinmasclus, from Latinmasculus; compare femele and masculyn.
Alternative forms
madle, mascle, mal, masle, maule, mawle
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmaːl(ə)/, /ˈmaːdlə/, /ˈmaːdəl/
Noun
male (pluralmales)
A man; a male human or animal.
(rare) A "male" gem or plant.
(rare) Manhood; the state of being male.
Descendants
English: male
Scots: male
References
“māle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adjective
male
male(of masculine sex or gender)
Used in extended reference to supposedly "male" gems, plants, or astrological portents.
Descendants
English: male
Scots: male
References
“māle, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and continental Old Frenchmale, from Frankish*malhu, from Proto-Germanic*malhō.
Alternative forms
maile, mayll, maylle
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmaːl(ə)/
Noun
male (pluralmales)
A bag, pack, or wallet.
The belly or one of its contents; a gut.
Descendants
English: mail
Scots: mail
References
“māl(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latinmālum, from Ancient Greekμῆλον(mêlon), of unknown origin.
Alternative forms
maal
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maːl/
Noun
male
(chiefly Late Middle English, uncommon) The appletree (Malus domestica) or its fruit.
References
“māl(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4
Noun
male
Alternative form of mayle
Etymology 5
Noun
male
(Northern)Alternative form of mel
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norsemála and Middle Low Germanmalen.
Verb
male (imperativemal, present tensemaler, passivemales, simple pastmalte, past participlemalt, present participlemalende)
To paint.
See also
måle(Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
From Old Norsemala.
Verb
male (imperativemal, present tensemaler, passivemales, simple pastmolormalte, past participlemalt, present participlemalende)
To grind or mill (to make smaller by breaking with a device).
To purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented)
Derived terms
References
“male” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
male (present tensemel, past tensemol, supinemale, past participlemalen, present participlemalande, imperativemal)
Alternative form of mala
Etymology 2
Verb
male (present tensemalar, past tensemala, past participlemala, passive infinitivemalast, present participlemalande, imperativemale/mal)
(pre-2012)alternative form of måle, to paint.
Old French
Alternative forms
malle
Etymology
From Medieval Latinmala, from Frankish*malha(“leather bag”).
Noun
maleoblique singular, f (oblique pluralmales, nominative singularmale, nominative pluralmales)
pack, bag
Descendants
Anglo-Norman: male
→ Middle English: male
English: mail
Scots: mail
→? Irish: mála(or perhaps via English)
Middle French: malle
→ Catalan: mala
French: malle
→ Portuguese: mala
→ Spanish: mala
Gallo: mol
Walloon: male(Forrières)
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
male
locative singular of mala(“dirt”)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latinmale. Compare Italianmale.
Adverb
male
badly
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
male
inflection of mal:
masculine accusative plural
feminine genitive singular
feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Batak*ləhey.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [maˈlɛ]
Adjective
male
hungry
References
Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landesdrukkerij, p. 113.