Male Male (Mars symbol, 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 sexual reproduction, repro ...

, 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 s ...

, 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 cultures us ...

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 chrom ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

, the capital of the Maldives **

Malé Island Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

, 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 admin ...

, the atoll the island is in *

Malé, Italy Malé () is a '' comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northwest of the provincial capital Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,142 and an area o ...

, 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 ...

, a village in central Poland * Małe, Pomeranian Voivodeship, a village in northern Poland * Mâle, Orne, a village in France * Male, Belgium, a quarter in Bruges *

Male, Vikramgad Male is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Vikramgad taluka. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, ...

, a village in Maharashtra, India * Male (woreda), a woreda in Ethiopia *

Males, Crete Males is a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra in Lasithi prefecture on Crete. It is situated 25 kilometers north-west of Ierapetra, 40 from Agios Nikolaos and 12 kilometers away from the sea ( Myrtos village). Together with ...

, a village in Greece *

Maleš (mountain) The Maleshevo Mountain ( bg, Малешевска планина, ''Maleshevska planina'') or Maleševo Mountain ( mk, Малешевски Планини, ''Maleševski Planini''), is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and eastern North Macedoni ...

, a mountain in Bulgaria and North Macedonia * Male, Mauritania, a town in Mauritania

People named ''Male''

* Male (surname) (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 (r.1766 – 1767). He was the only son of Khande Rao Holkar Bahadur, and his mother was Ahilya Bai H ...

(1745–1767), Maharaja of Indore * The Malês, as in the Malê revolt * Male Sa'u (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 nouns ...

, in languages with grammatical gender * Male connector, in hardware and electronics * Male language, several languages * Maale people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia * Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, 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 pr ...

Gender

Art and entertainment

Places

People named ''Male''

Other uses

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