🇮🇹 italien

universi

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

gli universi

universes

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universi
/ʎi uniˈvɛrsi/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on universi en italien ?

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/ʎi uniˈvɛrsi/

How do you pronounce universi in italien?

universi is pronounced /ʎi uniˈvɛrsi/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Lo universo è infinito e affascinante.

The universe is infinite and fascinating. (The masculine article 'lo' and masculine adjective 'infinito' agree with the masculine noun 'universo')

Lo universo intero si espande continuamente.

The entire universe expands continuously. (The masculine article 'lo', masculine adjective 'intero', and masculine adjective 'continuamente' all agree with the masculine noun 'universo', showing why gender agreement matters for proper Italian syntax)

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Universi is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "universus," which was a masculine adjective meaning "whole" or "universal." Italian retained this grammatical gender from Latin through regular phonological and morphological evolution. The Latin adjective "universus" comes from "unus" (one) combined with "versus" (turned/directed), but the etymological analysis of the components is less important than recognizing that Italian simply inherited the masculine gender from the Latin masculine form.

Comment dit-on universes en italien ?

En italien, universes se dit gli universi — masculine.

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