🇮🇹 Italian

angeli

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masculine

gli angeli

angels

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angeli
/ʎi ˈandʒeli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say angeli in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi ˈandʒeli/

How do you pronounce angeli in Italian?

angeli is pronounced /ʎi ˈandʒeli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo angelo biondo proteggeva il bambino con le sue ali candide.

The blond angel was protecting the child with his white wings.

L'angelo celeste apparve al profeta in una visione straordinaria.

The heavenly angel appeared to the prophet in an extraordinary vision.

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Why is it masculine?

Angeli is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "angelus," which was itself borrowed from Greek "angelos" (ἄγγελος), and Latin nouns ending in -us were grammatically masculine, a gender assignment that carried forward into Italian's evolution from Latin.

What is the Italian word for angels?

The Italian word for angels is gli angeli — masculine.

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