🇮🇹 italiano

cimitero

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masculine

il cimitero

cemetery

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cimitero
/il tʃimiˈtɛːro/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice cimitero in italiano?

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/il tʃimiˈtɛːro/

How do you pronounce cimitero in italiano?

cimitero is pronounced /il tʃimiˈtɛːro/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

Il cimitero antico si trova sulla collina vicino al paese.

The ancient cemetery is located on the hill near the village. (Note: 'il' and 'antico' are masculine to agree with 'cimitero')

Questo cimitero storico è stato restaurato completamente dall'amministrazione comunale.

This historic cemetery was completely restored by the municipal administration. (Note: 'questo' and 'storico' are masculine to agree with 'cimitero')

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Perché è masculine?

Cimitero is masculine because it derives from Latin "cimiterium" (from Greek "koimeterion," meaning "sleeping place"), which was a second-declension neuter noun that became masculine in Italian through gender reassignment during the Romance language evolution. Italian regularly shifted many Latin neuter nouns to masculine, particularly those ending in -ium that became -ero in Italian.

Come si dice cemetery in italiano?

In italiano, cemetery si dice il cimitero — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

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🇫🇷 Frenchcimetièrelemasculine

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