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virile

/ˈvɪɹ.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
vir-ile
IPA
/ˈvɪɹ.əl/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.

adj

Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.

adj

Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Etymology

From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more virile (comparative) most virile (superlative)

Derived Forms

invirile supervirile ultravirile unvirile virilely virileness virilescent virilify virilisation virilise virilism virilist

Phrases

pudendum virile virile member virile organ membrum virile semen virile

Frequently Paired Words

membrum virile semen virile virtue#Related_terms muliebrile muliebral

Synonyms

male manful manlike manly potent

Antonyms

nonvirile

Rhymes With

cyril squirrel tyrrell cirral while style file smile mile last mile pile kyle

Questions

How do you pronounce virile?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪɹ.əl/.
What does virile mean?
Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
Where does virile come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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