🇮🇹 Italian

alberi

masculine

gli alberi

trees

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alberi
/ʎi ˈalberi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say alberi in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi ˈalberi/

How do you pronounce alberi in Italian?

alberi is pronounced /ʎi ˈalberi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo albero antico nel parco è molto grande e affascina tutti i visitatori.

The old tree in the park is very large and fascinates all visitors.

Quel bellissimo albero frondoso fornisce ombra a tutto il giardino durante l'estate.

That very beautiful leafy tree provides shade to the entire garden during summer.

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Why is it masculine?

Alberi is masculine because it derives from Latin "arborem" (accusative of "arbor"), which was a feminine noun. In Italian, the nominative form "arbor" was reanalyzed, and the word underwent a sound change where Latin -or became -ero in Italian. The gender assignment to masculine in Italian appears to reflect influence from the Latin nominative stem rather than the expected feminine gender inheritance, though the exact mechanism of this gender shift in this particular word is not entirely clear from standard etymological sources.

What is the Italian word for trees?

The Italian word for trees is gli alberi — masculine.

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