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Word entry · 4 letters

male

Best crossword clue

"Boy or man; masculine"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /meɪl/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted aelmStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

Word origin

From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).

Used in a sentence

  • male writers
  • the leading male and female singers
  • a male bird feeding a seed to a female

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01Boy or man; masculine4 letters

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