🇮🇹 Italian

baci

masculine

i baci

kisses

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baci
/i ˈbaːtʃi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say baci in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈbaːtʃi/

How do you pronounce baci in Italian?

baci is pronounced /i ˈbaːtʃi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il bacio dolce di mia madre mi ha confortato quando ero triste.

My mother's sweet kiss comforted me when I was sad.

Quel bacio appassionato è stato il momento più importante della nostra serata.

That passionate kiss was the most important moment of our evening.

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Why is it masculine?

Baci is masculine because it derives from Latin "basium," which was a masculine noun, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (the Latin -ium ending typically became -io in Italian masculine nouns). The gender assignment essentially fossilized from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for kisses?

The Italian word for kisses is i baci — masculine.

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