🇮🇹 Italian

cani

masculine

i cani

dogs

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cani
/i ˈkaːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cani in Italian?

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/i ˈkaːni/

How do you pronounce cani in Italian?

cani is pronounced /i ˈkaːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cane nero è molto fedele al suo padrone.

The black dog is very faithful to his master.

Un cane intelligente come il mio impara i comandi velocemente.

An intelligent dog like mine learns commands quickly.

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Why is it masculine?

Cani (dog) is masculine in Italian because it descends from Latin "canis," which was a masculine noun of the third declension, and Italian retained this grammatical gender from its Romance language development. The Latin masculine form naturally carried over into Italian's gender system as the language evolved.

What is the Italian word for dogs?

The Italian word for dogs is i cani — masculine.

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