---
title: masculine
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: foundation/nstermofaddress/masculine
---

# masculine

Term of address that uses masculine pronouns (e.g. he/him/his in English), and a masculine grammatical gender when inflecting verbs and adjectives referring to the person

## Declaration

```occ
+ (instancetype) masculine;
```

## See Also

### Using predefined terms of address

- [feminine](foundation/nstermofaddress/feminine.md)
- [neutral](foundation/nstermofaddress/neutral.md)