🇮🇹 italien

difetti

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masculine

i difetti

defects

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difetti
/i diˈfɛtti/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on difetti en italien ?

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/i diˈfɛtti/

How do you pronounce difetti in italien?

difetti is pronounced /i diˈfɛtti/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Il difetto principale del prodotto è che la batteria si scarica troppo velocemente.

The main defect of the product is that the battery drains too quickly.

Ho scoperto un difetto grave nel motore durante l'ispezione tecnico.

I discovered a serious defect in the engine during the technical inspection.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Difetti is masculine because it derives from the Latin "defectus," the past participle of "deficere" (to fail or lack), which is inherently masculine in gender—a pattern that Romance languages generally preserved for Latin adjectives and past participles that became nouns. Latin past participles ending in -us were typically masculine, and Italian maintained this gender assignment when the word became a noun meaning "defect" or "fault."

Comment dit-on defects en italien ?

En italien, defects se dit i difetti — masculine.

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