Male Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...

, in biology, is the half of a sex system that produces sperm cells. *

Male plant Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction. Among all living organisms, flowers, which are the reproductive st ...

, a plant that gives rise to male gametophytes Male may also refer to:

Gender

* Male, the

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most culture ...

of men and boys **

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

, 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 described as a man. Definition, etymology, and use According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy is ...

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

Masculinity Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors ...

, 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 * , a German band * '' Il Male'', an Italian satirical magazine published in Italy between 1978 and 1982

Places

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

Malé Atoll Kaafu Atoll is an administrative atoll in the Republic of Maldives. It consists of two separate atolls: North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll. Together with smaller geographic atolls of Kaashidhoo Island and Gaafaru, the group forms the admi ...

, the atoll the island is in * Malé, Italy, a municipality in the province of Trento, Italy * Małe, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in central Poland * Małe, Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village in northern Poland *

Mâle, Orne Mâle () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Val-au-Perche.

, a village in France * Male, Belgium, a quarter in Bruges * Male, Vikramgad, a village in Maharashtra, India *

Male (woreda) Maale is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. 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 th ...

, a woreda in Ethiopia * Males, Crete, a village in Greece * Maleš (mountain), a mountain in Bulgaria and North Macedonia * Male, Mauritania, a town in Mauritania

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), Engl ...

(including a list of people with the name) *

Male Rao Holkar Shrimant Subhedar Male Rao Holkar II Bahadur (1745 – 5 April 1767), belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas was the Maharaja of Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It se ...

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

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

Other uses

Masculine gender In linguistics, grammatical gender system is a specific form of noun class system, where nouns are assigned with gender categories that are often not related to their real-world qualities. In languages with grammatical gender, most or all noun ...

, 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 assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the ...

, 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 Ethiopia ...

, 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 Thi ...

, 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 prot ...

Gender

Art and entertainment

Places

People named ''Male''

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