virile

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹ.əl/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/

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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