🇮🇹 italiano

palazzi

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masculine

i palazzi

palaces

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palazzi
/i paˈlattsi/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice palazzi in italiano?

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/i paˈlattsi/

How do you pronounce palazzi in italiano?

palazzi is pronounced /i paˈlattsi/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

Il palazzo antico era molto grande e affascinante.

The ancient palace was very large and fascinating.

Questo palazzo storico è stato restaurato di recente.

This historic palace has been recently restored.

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Perché è masculine?

Palazzi is masculine because it derives from Latin "palatium" (the imperial palace on Rome's Palatine Hill), which is a neuter noun in Latin. During the evolution from Latin to Italian, neuter nouns were typically reassigned to either masculine or feminine gender. "Palatium" was reanalyzed as masculine in Italian, likely due to the phonetic evolution of its -o ending, which became the standard masculine singular ending in Italian. Words ending in -o are overwhelmingly masculine in Italian, making this a regular and productive gender marker.

Come si dice palaces in italiano?

In italiano, palaces si dice i palazzi — masculine.

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