🇮🇹 Italian

benzine

feminine

le benzine

gasolines

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benzine
/le benˈdziːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say benzine in Italian?

IPA
/le benˈdziːne/

How do you pronounce benzine in Italian?

benzine is pronounced /le benˈdziːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La benzina rossa è più costosa della benzina blu perché contiene additivi speciali.

Red gasoline is more expensive than blue gasoline because it contains special additives.

Quella benzina italiana è molto buona, ma la benzina tedesca è ancora migliore.

That Italian gasoline is very good, but German gasoline is still better.

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Why is it feminine?

Benzine is feminine because it derives from the German word "Benzin," which itself comes from "benzoë" (benzoin resin), and when Italian adopted this modern term in the early 20th century, it was treated as a feminine noun, likely influenced by the feminine ending "-a" and the pattern of similar Italian words for fuels and liquids. The exact reason for the gender assignment isn't documented by a clear etymological rule, making it somewhat of a conventional exception in Italian's gender system.

What is the Italian word for gasolines?

The Italian word for gasolines is le benzine — feminine.

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