🇮🇹 italien

santo

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masculine

il santo

saint

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santo
/il ˈsanto/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on santo en italien ?

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/il ˈsanto/

How do you pronounce santo in italien?

santo is pronounced /il ˈsanto/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Il santo cattolico ha dedicato la sua vita ai poveri.

The male saint dedicated his life to the poor.

Ogni santo italiano deve essere canonizzato dalla Chiesa.

Every male Italian saint must be canonized by the Church.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Santo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "sanctus," which was the masculine nominative singular form. Italian inherited the masculine gender classification from Latin when the Romance languages evolved. The feminine form "santa" derives from the Latin feminine form "sancta." Gender assignments in Italian were largely preserved from their Latin origins through phonetic changes and grammatical evolution.

Comment dit-on saint en italien ?

En italien, saint se dit il santo — masculine.

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