🇮🇹 Italian

autore

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masculine

l' autore

author

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autore
/lauˈtoːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say autore in Italian?

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/lauˈtoːre/

How do you pronounce autore in Italian?

autore is pronounced /lauˈtoːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo autore italiano ha scritto un libro straordinario che ha vinto il premio letterario più prestigioso.

The Italian author wrote an extraordinary book that won the most prestigious literary award.

L'autore celebre era molto orgoglioso del suo lavoro innovativo e rivoluzionario.

The famous author was very proud of his innovative and revolutionary work.

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Why is it masculine?

Autore is masculine because it derives from the Latin "auctor" (masculine), which comes from the verb "augere" (to increase/create); Italian inherited the masculine gender from this Latin root, and while the feminine form "autrice" exists, the base form retained its original gender classification from Latin.

What is the Italian word for author?

The Italian word for author is l' autore — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchauteurl'masculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseautoromasculine

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