🇮🇹 Italian

attimi

masculine

gli attimi

instants

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attimi
/ʎi ˈattimi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say attimi in Italian?

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/ʎi ˈattimi/

How do you pronounce attimi in Italian?

attimi is pronounced /ʎi ˈattimi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo attimo presente è il più importante di tutti.

The present moment is the most important of all.

Ho aspettato un lungo attimo prima di rispondere.

I waited a long moment before responding.

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Why is it masculine?

Attimi is masculine because it derives from the Latin "atomus" (itself from Greek "atomos," meaning indivisible), which was a masculine noun in Latin. Italian inherited this grammatical gender from Latin. The semantic evolution from "atom" to "moment" or "instant" occurred in Italian, but the masculine gender persisted from its Latin origin.

What is the Italian word for instants?

The Italian word for instants is gli attimi — masculine.

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