🇮🇹 Italian

capelli

masculine

i capelli

hair

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capelli
/i kaˈpelli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say capelli in Italian?

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/i kaˈpelli/

How do you pronounce capelli in Italian?

capelli is pronounced /i kaˈpelli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il capello lungo e nero di mia madre è bellissimo.

My mother's long and black hair is very beautiful. (Note: using singular 'capello' with masculine agreements shows we're referring to one strand, making the description more poetic/specific)

Ho trovato un capello biondo sulla mia giacca e l'ho tolto subito.

I found a blond hair on my jacket and removed it immediately. (The masculine 'un' and 'biondo' clearly mark this as a single strand, not 'capelli' which would be plural)

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Why is it masculine?

Capelli is masculine and means "hair" (not "hat"). It derives from the Latin "capillus" (hair), which is a masculine noun. The word retained its masculine gender through the evolution from Latin to Italian, following standard Romance language gender inheritance patterns.

What is the Italian word for hair?

The Italian word for hair is i capelli — masculine.

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