virile
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Middle French viril, from Latin virilis.
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virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
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being manly
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pertaining to the grammatical gender
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DanishEdit
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virile
FrenchEdit
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virile
ItalianEdit
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virile (plural virili)
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LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
virīle
Norwegian BokmålEdit
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virile
Norwegian NynorskEdit
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virile
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RomanianEdit
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virile f pl or n pl
SwedishEdit
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virile