male: Meaning and Definition of

male

1. a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
2. an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces a sperm cell or male gamete.
3. a staminate plant.

1. of, pertaining to, or being a male animal or plant.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a male person; masculine: a male voice.
3. composed of males: a male choir.
1. designating or pertaining to a plant or its reproductive structure producing or containing microspores.
2. (of seed plants) staminate.
5. made to fit into a corresponding open or recessed part:Cf.(def. 8). a male plug.

Ma•le

1. a city in and the capital of the Maldives. 17,000.

male-

1. a combining form meaning “evil,” occurring in loanwords from Latin:Cf. malediction.