cassetto
il cassetto
drawer
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How do you say cassetto in Italian?
How do you pronounce cassetto in Italian?
cassetto is pronounced /il kasˈsetto/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il cassetto superiore è pieno di documenti importanti.
The upper drawer is full of important documents.
Ho trovato il mio cassetto preferito completamente vuoto e disordinato.
I found my favorite drawer completely empty and messy.
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Why is it masculine?
Cassetto is masculine because it derives from the Latin "capsa" (feminine, meaning "box"), but when Italian formed the diminutive with the suffix "-etto" (a masculine diminutive), the resulting word took masculine gender—a common pattern where diminutives in "-etto" are typically masculine regardless of their source word's gender.
What is the Italian word for drawer?
The Italian word for drawer is il cassetto — masculine.
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