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male — [māl] adj. [ME < OFr male, masle < L masculus < mas (gen. maris), a male, man] 1. designating or of the sex that fertilizes the ovum of the female and begets offspring: biological symbol, ♂: cf. FEMALE 2. of, characteristic of, or… … English World dictionary
Male — This article is about the Male sex. For the city, see Malé. For other uses, see Male (disambiguation). The shield and spear of the Roman god Mars, which is also the alchemical symbol for iron, represents the male sex. Male (♂) refers to the… … Wikipedia
Gender symbol — A gender symbol is a symbol used to denote the sex of a life form or to characterize an agent by gender. The two standard gender symbols denoting male ♂ and female ♀ are derived from astrological symbols, denoting the classical planets Mars and… … Wikipedia
Sex symbol — Articleissues cleanup = August 2007 OR = April 2008 refimprove = October 2007A sex symbol is a famous person of either gender, typically an actor, musician, model, teen idol, or sports star who is found to be sexually attractive by the public or… … Wikipedia
Mars symbol — The Mars symbol (♂) is a depiction of a circle with an arrow emerging from it, pointing at at angle to the upper right. In old manuscripts, it is usually interpreted as the shield and spear from the war god Mars/Ares. The symbol has the Unicode… … Wikipedia
History of male circumcision — It has been variously proposed that male circumcision began as a religious sacrifice, as a rite of passage marking a boy s entrance into adulthood, as a form of sympathetic magic to ensure virility, as a means of suppressing (or enhancing) sexual … Wikipedia
Hazard symbol — The skull and crossbones, a common symbol for poison and other sources of lethal danger. Danger of death redirects here. For other uses, see Near death (disambiguation). Hazard symbols are recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous… … Wikipedia
El Male Rahamim — (אל מלא רחמים, Dieu empli de miséricorde) est une prière faisant partie du rite funéraire juif, déclamée par l officiant pour élever l âme des personnes disparues lorsqu on emmène le cercueil du défunt vers sa dernière demeure lors de l… … Wikipédia en Français
Heart (symbol) — The heart (♥) has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human being. As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to … Wikipedia
Chai (symbol) — Chai is a symbol of Judaism. Chai (Hebrew ḥai חַי living ) is a symbol and word that figures prominently in Jewish culture. It consists of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet Chet (ח) and … Wikipedia
Electronic symbol — Common circuit diagram symbols (US symbols) An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of an electrical or… … Wikipedia
