🇮🇹 Italian

bambino

masculine

il bambino

child

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bambino
/il bamˈbiːno/
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How do you say bambino in Italian?

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/il bamˈbiːno/

How do you pronounce bambino in Italian?

bambino is pronounced /il bamˈbiːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il bambino piccolo ha perso il suo giocattolo nuovo.

The small boy lost his new toy.

Quel bambino intelligente ha vinto il premio importante.

That intelligent boy won the important prize.

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Why is it masculine?

Bambino is masculine because the diminutive suffix "-ino" is inherently masculine in Italian. This suffix is regularly applied to nouns to create diminutive forms with masculine gender. The word derives from Latin "bambinus," and the -ino ending consistently marks nouns as masculine in Italian's gender system.

What is the Italian word for child?

The Italian word for child is il bambino — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchenfantl'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishniñoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecriança flips!afeminine

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