🇮🇹 italiano

palazzo

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masculine

il palazzo

palace

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palazzo
/il paˈlattso/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice palazzo in italiano?

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/il paˈlattso/

How do you pronounce palazzo in italiano?

palazzo is pronounced /il paˈlattso/ 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?

Palazzo 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 palace in italiano?

In italiano, palace si dice il palazzo — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

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