🇮🇹 Italian

bidone

masculine

il bidone

bin

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bidone
/il biˈdoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bidone in Italian?

IPA
/il biˈdoːne/

How do you pronounce bidone in Italian?

bidone is pronounced /il biˈdoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il bidone grande è pieno di rifiuti.

The large trash can is full of garbage.

Ho comprato un bidone nuovo per il giardino.

I bought a new trash can for the garden.

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Why is it masculine?

Bidone is masculine because it derives from the Latin "bitumen" (via the intermediate form "bidone"), and Latin neuter nouns ending in -men typically became masculine in Italian. The word originally referred to a container for bitumen or tar, retaining the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for bin?

The Italian word for bin is il bidone — masculine.

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