🇮🇹 italien

elefanti

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masculine

gli elefanti

elephants

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elefanti
/ʎi eleˈfanti/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on elefanti en italien ?

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/ʎi eleˈfanti/

How do you pronounce elefanti in italien?

elefanti is pronounced /ʎi eleˈfanti/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Lo elefante grigio è molto grande e pesante.

The gray elephant is very large and heavy.

Ho visto un elefante africano magnifico al zoo.

I saw a magnificent African elephant at the zoo.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Elefanti is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "elephantus," which was itself borrowed from Greek "elephas" and inherited the masculine gender from Latin grammar rules for -us ending nouns. The gender was preserved through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin into Italian.

Comment dit-on elephants en italien ?

En italien, elephants se dit gli elefanti — masculine.

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