🇮🇹 Italian

aceto

masculine

l' aceto

vinegar

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aceto
/laˈtʃeːto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say aceto in Italian?

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/laˈtʃeːto/

How do you pronounce aceto in Italian?

aceto is pronounced /laˈtʃeːto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo aceto invecchiato è più scuro e più denso di quello giovane.

The aged vinegar is darker and denser than the young one.

Questo aceto balsamico è stato prodotto in Modena ed è molto pregiato.

This balsamic vinegar has been produced in Modena and is very precious.

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Why is it masculine?

Aceto (vinegar) is masculine because it derives from Latin "acetum," which was a masculine noun following the second declension pattern typical of Latin words ending in -um. The gender was preserved when Italian evolved from Latin, as occurred with most -o ending nouns inherited from Latin masculine second declension nouns.

What is the Italian word for vinegar?

The Italian word for vinegar is l' aceto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvinaigrelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishvinagreelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevinagreomasculine

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