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il biscotto
cookie
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How do you say biscotto in Italian?
How do you pronounce biscotto in Italian?
biscotto is pronounced /il biˈskɔtto/ 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?
Biscotto 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 cookie?
The Italian word for cookie is il biscotto — masculine.
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