🇮🇹 Italian

carceri

masculine

i carceri

jails

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carceri
/i ˈkartʃeri/
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How do you say carceri in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈkartʃeri/

How do you pronounce carceri in Italian?

carceri is pronounced /i ˈkartʃeri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il carcere antico di Venezia è stato trasformato in un museo affascinante.

The ancient prison in Venice has been transformed into a fascinating museum.

Quel carcere moderno è stato costruito con standard internazionali molto rigidi.

That modern prison was built with very strict international standards.

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Why is it masculine?

Carceri is masculine because it derives from Latin "carcer" (a masculine noun meaning prison or cage), and Italian inherited the masculine gender along with the word itself. The -e ending in Italian doesn't determine gender, so the word retained its original Latin masculine classification.

What is the Italian word for jails?

The Italian word for jails is i carceri — masculine.

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