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> male, masculine and mannish male, masculine and mannish all refer to the sex that is not female but the words are used in different ways. Male is the opposite of "female" and refers to the sex of a person or animal, as in "no male person may enter", "a male nurse", "a male elephant" and "the male reproductive system". Masculine is the opposite of "feminine" and refers to people or their characteristics. It refers to characteristics, etc, that are traditionally considered to be typically male. Examples of its use include "a very masculine young man", "a deep, masculine voice". It can be used of women, as in "She has a masculine walk" and "She wears masculine clothes". When used of women it is often derogatory and is sometimes replaced with mannish, which is derogatory, as in "women with mannish haircuts". Male can also be used as a noun, as in "the male of the species" "of the robins, the male is more colourful" and "the title can be held only by males". Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary