🇮🇹 Italian

armadio

masculine

l' armadio

wardrobe

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armadio
/larˈmaːdjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say armadio in Italian?

IPA
/larˈmaːdjo/

How do you pronounce armadio in Italian?

armadio is pronounced /larˈmaːdjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo armadio nuovo è troppo grande per questa stanza.

The new wardrobe is too big for this room.

Ho comprato un armadio antico al mercato e lo ho restaurato con cura.

I bought an antique wardrobe at the market and restored it carefully.

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Why is it masculine?

Armadio (wardrobe/closet) derives from Late Latin "armarium," which was masculine, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes; the Latin word itself comes from "arma" (arms/weapons) since armaria were originally storage chests for weapons and armor.

What is the Italian word for wardrobe?

The Italian word for wardrobe is l' armadio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frencharmoire flips!l'feminine

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