🇮🇹 Italian

biscotti

masculine

i biscotti

cookies

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biscotti
/i biˈskɔtti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say biscotti in Italian?

IPA
/i biˈskɔtti/

How do you pronounce biscotti in Italian?

biscotti is pronounced /i biˈskɔtti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il biscotto croccante che ho mangiato stamattina era delizioso.

The crunchy cookie that I ate this morning was delicious.

Questo biscotto italiano è molto più buono di quello francese.

This Italian cookie is much better than that French one.

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Why is it masculine?

Biscotti is masculine because it derives from the Latin "bis coctus" (twice-baked), and the noun retained the masculine gender of Latin "-us" endings when Italian evolved from Vulgar Latin. This is a straightforward case of gender inheritance from Latin rather than an exception.

What is the Italian word for cookies?

The Italian word for cookies is i biscotti — masculine.

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