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il cerchio
circle
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How do you say cerchio in Italian?
How do you pronounce cerchio in Italian?
cerchio is pronounced /il ˈtʃerkjo/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il cerchio perfetto è difficile da disegnare con una matita.
The perfect circle is difficult to draw with a pencil.
Ho trovato un cerchio antico nel museo, ed era molto grande.
I found an ancient circle in the museum, and it was very large.
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Why is it masculine?
Cerchio is masculine because it derives from Latin "circulus," which was a masculine noun (following the second declension pattern typical of -us endings), and Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes that preserved the masculine forms. The Latin masculine gender stuck through the evolution of the Romance languages, making it one of many Italian nouns whose gender reflects its classical Latin origin.
What is the Italian word for circle?
The Italian word for circle is il cerchio — masculine.
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