Male Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual repro ...

, in biology, is the half of a sex system that produces sperm cells. Male may also refer to:

Gender

* Male, the

gender Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other tha ...

of men and boys **

Man A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the f ...

, a male adult **

Boy A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is usually described as a man. Definition, etymology, and use According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy ...

, a young male person, usually a child or adolescent **

Masculinity Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as Social construction of gender, socially constructed, and there i ...

, attributes associated with men and boys

Art and entertainment

* ''Male'' (film), a 2015 Indian film * ''Male'' (Foetus album), a 1992 live album by Foetus * ''Male'' (Natalie Imbruglia album), a 2015 studio album by Natalie Imbruglia * Male (band), a German band * '' Il Male'', an Italian satirical magazine published in Italy between 1978 and 1982

Places

Malé Malé is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 211,908 in 2022 within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of , Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city i ...

, the capital of the Maldives ** Malé Island, the island the city is on **

Malé Atoll Kaafu Atoll is the code name given to an administrative division in the Republic of Maldives which consists of the geographical atolls of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll. As the two Malé Atolls are the main i ...

, the atoll the island is in * Malé, Italy, a municipality in the province of Trento, Italy *

Małe, Łódź Voivodeship Małe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poddębice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Poddębice and north-west of the regional capital Łódź. References

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, a village in central Poland *

Małe, Pomeranian Voivodeship Małe is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Studzienice, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Studzienice, south of Bytów, and south-west of the regional cap ...

, a village in northern Poland * Mâle, Orne, a village in France *

Male, Belgium Male () is a former hamlet and today a quarter in the east of Sint-Kruis, a sub-municipality of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. The hamlet, which retains its small historic center, clusters around Male Castle Maele Castle, Bruges Maele Castle ...

, a quarter in Bruges * Male, Vikramgad, a village in India *

Male (woreda) Maale is one of the woredas in the South Ethiopia Regional State. It is named after the Maale people who are living at this woreda. Part of the Debub Omo Zone, Male is bordered on the south by Bena Tsemay, on the west by Bako Gazer, on the north ...

, a woreda in Ethiopia * Male, Mauritania, a town in Mauritania * Malé, a village and part of

Brtnice Brtnice (; ) is a town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Brtnice cons ...

in the Czech Republic

People named ''Male''

Male (surname) Male is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adri van Male (1910–1990), Dutch football goalkeeper * Arthur Male (1870–1946), Australian politician * Carolyn Male (born 1966), Australian politician * Chris Male (born 1972), Eng ...

(including a list of people with the name) *

Male Rao Holkar Shrimant Subhedar Male Rao Holkar Male Rao Holkar was Heir apparent to his grand father Malhar Rao Holkar since death of his father Khanderao Holkar in 1754 in Battle of Kumbher. He had a younger sister named Muktabai Life Since the age of 8 ...

(1745–1767), Maharaja of Indore * The Malês, as in the

Malê revolt Male, in biology, is the half of a sex system that produces sperm cells. Male may also refer to: Gender * Male, the gender of men and boys ** Man, a male adult ** Boy, a young male person, usually a child or adolescent ** Masculinity, attributes ...

Male Sa'u Male Sa'u (born 13 October 1987) is a Japanese professional rugby union footballer of Samoan descent. Sa'u can play both Centre and Fly-half. After Super Rugby stints with the Melbourne Rebels and the Blues, Sa'u has returned to the Top League ...

(born 1987), Japanese professional rugby union footballer

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Masculine gender In linguistics, a grammatical gender system is a specific form of a noun class system, where nouns are assigned to gender categories that are often not related to the real-world qualities of the entities denoted by those nouns. In languages wi ...

, in languages with grammatical gender *

Male connector In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally designated as male or female, a distinction referred to as its gender. The female connector is generally a receptacle ...

, in hardware and electronics * Male language, several languages *

Maale people The Maale people (also spelled Male; pronounced /ˈmɑːli/), are a small ethnic group of approximately 95,000 located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region at the border between north and south Omo of Ethiopia Ethio ...

, an ethnic group of Ethiopia *

Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle A medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle flies at an altitude window of 10,000 to 30,000 feet (3,000–9,000 m) for extended durations of time, typically 24 to 48 hours.https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/products/falco-xplorer Th ...

, an unmanned aerial vehicle * ''malE'', a bacterial gene encoding

maltose-binding protein Maltose-binding protein (MBP) is a part of the maltose/maltodextrin system of ''Escherichia coli'', which is responsible for the uptake and efficient catabolism of maltodextrins. It is a complex regulatory and transport system involving many prote ...

Gender

Art and entertainment

Places

People named ''Male''

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