ˈmæskjʊlɪn ˈmæskjulɪn ˈmæskjələn ˈmæskjʊlɪn ˈmæskjulɪn ˈmæskjələn associated with men and not with women male (of grammatical gender) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable a masculine cadence the masculine rhyme of ‘annoy, enjoy’ a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male