muscular
English edit
Etymology edit
Late 17th century from musculous + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.skjʊl.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.skjəl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
muscular (comparative more muscular, superlative most muscular)
- (relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- 1912 February–July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Under the Moons of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “The Escape of the Dead”, in A Princess of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1917 October, →OCLC, page 18:
- It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
- Brawny, thewy, having strength.
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 43:
- It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, [...] The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.
- Having large, well-developed muscles.
- Synonyms: beefy, brawny, buff, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, swole, well-built
- (figurative) Robust, strong.
- Synonym: vigorous
- 2014 July 9, Samanth Subramanian, “India after English?”, in The New York Review of Books[1], archived from the original on 10 September 2019:
- Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that [Narendra] Modi was able to earn.
- Full-bodied
- muscular wine
Derived terms edit
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- bimuscular
- cardiomuscular
- corticomuscular
- cutaneomuscular
- dermomuscular
- elastomuscular
- electromuscular
- epimuscular
- epitheliomuscular
- extramuscular
- faciomuscular
- faradomuscular
- fibromuscular
- hepatocardiomuscular
- hypermuscular
- idiomuscular
- intermuscular
- intramuscular
- ligamentomuscular
- most muscular
- muscular Christian
- muscular Christianity
- muscular dystrophy
- muscular endurance
- muscularity
- muscularize
- muscularly
- muscularness
- muscular pile
- muscular stomach
- nervomuscular
- neuromuscular
- nonmuscular
- osseomuscular, osteomuscular
- overmuscular
- paramuscular
- perimuscular
- premuscular
- promuscular
- psychoneuromuscular
- retromuscular
- seromuscular
- skeletomuscular
- spinal muscular atrophies
- spinal muscular atrophy
- submuscular
- supramuscular
- tendinomuscular, tendomuscular
- transmuscular
- undermuscular
- unimuscular
- unmuscular
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of or relating to muscles
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having strength
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having large, well-developed muscles
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See also edit
References edit
- “muscular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “muscular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [mus.kuˈlar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mus.kuˈla]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [mus.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Adjective edit
muscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural musculars)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “muscular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “muscular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “muscular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “muscular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Adjective edit
muscular m or f (plural musculares)
- muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “muscular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
muscular (not comparable)
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin and New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mus‧cu‧lar
Adjective edit
muscular m or f (plural musculares)
- muscular (of or relating to muscles)
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French musculaire.
Adjective edit
muscular m or n (feminine singular musculară, masculine plural musculari, feminine and neuter plural musculare)
Declension edit
Declension of muscular
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | muscular | musculară | musculari | musculare | ||
| definite | muscularul | musculara | muscularii | muscularele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | muscular | musculare | musculari | musculare | ||
| definite | muscularului | muscularei | muscularilor | muscularelor | |||
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
muscular m or f (masculine and feminine plural musculares)
- muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
muscular (first-person singular present musculo, first-person singular preterite musculé, past participle musculado)
- (intransitive) to build muscle mass by exercising
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of muscular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of muscular
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “muscular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014