🇮🇹 italien

motivi

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

i motivi

reasons

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motivi
/i moˈtiːvi/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on motivi en italien ?

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/i moˈtiːvi/

How do you pronounce motivi in italien?

motivi is pronounced /i moˈtiːvi/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Il motivo principale per cui sono venuto è importante.

The main reason why I came is important.

Quel motivo decorativo è bellissimo e molto antico.

That decorative pattern is very beautiful and quite ancient.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Motivi is masculine because it derives from the Latin "motivus" (adjective meaning "moving" or "causing motion"). In Latin, the masculine form of this adjective was "motivus." Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes, where Latin masculine adjectives and nouns ending in -us regularly became -o in Italian. The -o ending in Italian consistently marks masculine nouns descended from Latin masculine forms.

Comment dit-on reasons en italien ?

En italien, reasons se dit i motivi — masculine.

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