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unmasculine

unmasculine

7.3
A word that is not masculine in grammar, like feminine or neuter
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmæskjʊlɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no masculino
  • In some languages, the word for 'table' is considered unmasculine and takes different endings.

Examples

  • The adjective must agree with the unmasculine noun in both gender and number.

  • Students learned to identify which nouns are unmasculine during their grammar lessons.

  • The word 'she' is unmasculine.

  • In many languages, nouns can be unmasculine.

  • In Spanish, the word for 'apple' is unmasculine and requires feminine articles.

  • During the lesson, students practiced using the unmasculine forms of adjectives with nouns.

  • In grammar classes, learners explore how unmasculine words differ from masculine counterparts.

Antonyms

masculine
  • Specialized
2 4.9

The gender in grammar used for words that refer to men or male animals

Surface Forms

unmasculine positive

Morphology

unmasculine = masculine (transparent) = un + masculine

The adjective 'masculine' used in a grammatical sense is negated by the productive prefix 'un-', making the formation transparent for learners familiar with grammatical gender terminology.

Etymology

Unmasculine is made of un- 'not' and masculine 'male', and in grammar it is used to say a word is not masculine (for example, it is feminine or neuter). So in grammar lessons it marks words that do not belong to the masculine gender.