virile

English

Etymology

Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) +‎ -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹ.əl/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, -aɪl

Adjective

virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)

1. Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
2. (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
3. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Antonyms

• nonvirile
• muliebrile
• muliebral

Derived terms

• pudendum virile
• virile member
• virility
• viropause

 

Related terms

• See virtue#Related_terms

Translations

being manly

• Armenian: առնական (hy) (aṙnakan)
• Belarusian: му́жны (múžny)
• Bulgarian: мъжествен (bg) (mǎžestven)
• Catalan: viril, masculí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陽剛／阳刚 (zh) (yánggāng)

• Czech: mužský (cs)
• Dutch: viriel (nl), mannelijk (nl)
• Finnish: miehekäs (fi), miehuullinen, viriili (fi)
• French: viril (fr)
• Galician: viril m
• Georgian: კაცური (ḳacuri), ვაჟკაცური (važḳacuri), მამაკაცური (mamaḳacuri)
• German: männlich (de), maskulin (de), viril (de)
• Irish: fearúil, fearga, fireann, mascalach
• Latin: virilis (la)
• Lithuanian: vyriškas (lt)
• Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane)
• Polish: męski (pl) m
• Portuguese: viril (pt)
• Romanian: viril (ro)
• Russian: му́жественный (ru) (múžestvennyj), мужско́й (ru) (mužskój), вири́льный (virílʹnyj)
• Spanish: viril (es)
• Swedish: viril (sv), manlig (sv)
• Turkish: erkeksi (tr), maskulen (tr)
• Ukrainian: му́жній (múžnij)

pertaining to the grammatical gender

• Georgian: მამრობითი (mamrobiti), კაცური (ḳacuri)
• German: Personalmaskulinum (de) n
• Polish: męskoosobowy (pl) m
• Russian: мужско́й (ru) (mužskój)
• Ukrainian: чоловічий m (čolovičyj)

Danish

Adjective

virile

1. definite singular of viril
2. plural of viril

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.ʁil/

Adjective

virile

1. feminine singular of viril

Italian

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈri.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: vi‧rì‧le

Adjective

virile (plural virili)

1. virile

   Synonym: maschile

   Antonym: femminile

Derived terms

• virilità
• virilmente

Anagrams

• rilevi, riveli

Latin

Adjective

virīle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of virīlis

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

virile

1. inflection of viril:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

virile

1. inflection of viril:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• livrei, livréi

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈrile/

Adjective

virile f pl or n pl

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of viril

Swedish

Adjective

virile

1. definite natural masculine singular of viril