🇮🇹 Italian

autori

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

gli autori

authors

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autori
/ʎi auˈtoːri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say autori in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi auˈtoːri/

How do you pronounce autori in Italian?

autori is pronounced /ʎi auˈtoːri/ 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?

Autori 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 authors?

The Italian word for authors is gli autori — masculine.

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