🇮🇹 Italian

canali

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masculine

i canali

channels

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canali
/i kaˈnaːli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say canali in Italian?

IPA
/i kaˈnaːli/

How do you pronounce canali in Italian?

canali is pronounced /i kaˈnaːli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il canale principale è stato pulito completamente.

The main channel was completely cleaned.

Abbiamo trovato un canale sotterraneo molto antico sotto la città.

We found a very ancient underground channel beneath the city.

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Why is it masculine?

Canali is masculine because it derives from Latin "canalis" (a water channel or pipe), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Italian generally preserves the gender of its Latin etymons. The Latin word itself likely came from a root meaning "to conduct" or "to channel," and masculine gender was the default for many Latin agent and object nouns.

What is the Italian word for channels?

The Italian word for channels is i canali — masculine.

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