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male

NounSino-Korean: 男性

  1. 1

    male

    The gender that cannot give birth, or a fully-grown person of such a gender.

    Korean definition: 아기를 낳지 못하는 성, 또는 그런 성을 가진 어른이 된 사람.

    • Most people in the world can be classified as either male or female.

    • My grandfather, who believes males are superior, says only sons are good.

  2. 2

    masculine

    One of the terms used to distinguish the gender of words in Western languages.

    Korean definition: 서양 언어의 문법에서, 단어를 성에 따라 구별할 때 쓰는 말의 하나.

    • In German, "freedom" is a feminine noun and "death" is a masculine noun.

    • Spanish articles distinguish feminine, masculine, singular and plural, so there are quite a few of them.