🇮🇹 Italian

azzurro

masculine

l' azzurro

blue

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azzurro
/ladˈdzurro/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say azzurro in Italian?

IPA
/ladˈdzurro/

How do you pronounce azzurro in Italian?

azzurro is pronounced /ladˈdzurro/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo azzurro del cielo è molto più intenso oggi rispetto a ieri.

The blue of the sky is much more intense today compared to yesterday.

Mi piace molto lo azzurro profondo di questo dipinto antico.

I really like the deep blue of this ancient painting.

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Why is it masculine?

Azzurro is masculine because it derives from the Latin "azureus," which inherited the masculine gender from the Arabic "al-lazward" (lapis lazuli stone); Italian masculine adjectives ending in "-o" preserved this gender assignment through regular sound changes from Latin to Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for blue?

The Italian word for blue is l' azzurro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbleulemasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseazulomasculine

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