cis male
Cis male (noun) means a person who was recorded as male at birth and whose gender identity is male — that is, a man who is not transgender. Example: “The study compared outcomes for trans and cis male participants.”
How to Use Cis male
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA man who was born male and still identifies as male.
Neutral descriptive term. Sometimes written cisgender male in formal or academic prose.
Cis is a normal adjective, not an abbreviation, so it takes no full stop. Write cis male, not cis. male.
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Etymology
From the Latin prefix cis- 'on this side of', the counterpart of trans- 'across, on the other side of', borrowed from its established use in chemistry and geography.
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What is the difference between cis male and trans male?
A cis male was recorded male at birth and identifies as male. A trans male was recorded female at birth and identifies as male. Both are men; the terms describe only whether the birth record matched.
Is cis male an insult?
The word itself is a neutral descriptor, coined so that non-transgender people could be named rather than treated as the unstated default. It can be used pointedly or mockingly in argument, as almost any group label can, but that is the speaker's tone rather than the word's meaning.
Is it cis male or cis man?
Both are used and understood. Cis man is generally preferred in careful writing because man refers to gender, while male can read as a reference to biology and sounds clinical when applied to people.