🇮🇹 italiano

centri

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 centri

centers

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centri
/i ˈtʃɛntri/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice centri in italiano?

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/i ˈtʃɛntri/

How do you pronounce centri in italiano?

centri is pronounced /i ˈtʃɛntri/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

Il centro storico è molto affollato durante il fine settimana.

The historic downtown is very crowded during the weekend.

Il centro commerciale nuovo è stato inaugurato ieri ed è già pieno di clienti.

The new shopping center was inaugurated yesterday and is already full of customers.

Scorri centri su Accord

Scorri centinaia di parole e padroneggia il genere grammaticale in italiano.

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Perché è masculine?

Centri is masculine in Italian. It derives from Latin "centrum," which was originally a neuter noun in classical Latin. However, the rule stated is misleading: Italian -o endings typically signal masculine gender, and "centro" follows this regular pattern. Words ending in -o are consistently masculine in Italian, regardless of their Latin gender. The etymology from Latin "centrum" and ultimately from Greek "kentron" (κέντρον) is accurate, but the explanation conflates historical Latin gender with modern Italian gender assignment. The word is masculine primarily because it follows the productive -o masculine ending pattern in modern Italian, not because of a special "gender reassignment" process.

Come si dice centers in italiano?

In italiano, centers si dice i centri — masculine.

Esercitati con Accord

Scorri centinaia di parole e padroneggia il genere grammaticale in italiano.

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