male

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
male/meɪl/

▶adjective

• 1 of or denoting the sex that can fertilize or inseminate the female to produce offspring.

  ■ relating to or characteristic of men or male animals.

  ■ (of a plant or flower) bearing stamens but lacking functional pistils.

• 2 (of a fitting) manufactured to fit inside a corresponding female part.

▶noun a male person, animal, or plant.

– derivatives
maleness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. masle, from L. masculus, from mas ‘a male’.