🇮🇹 Italian

chilometri

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masculine

i chilometri

kilometers

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chilometri
/i kiˈlɔːmetri/
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How do you say chilometri in Italian?

IPA
/i kiˈlɔːmetri/

How do you pronounce chilometri in Italian?

chilometri is pronounced /i kiˈlɔːmetri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il chilometro è l'unità di misura più utilizzata in Europa.

The kilometer is the most commonly used unit of measurement in Europe.

Abbiamo percorso un lungo chilometro attraverso la montagna con il nostro nuovo chilometro digitale.

We covered a long kilometer through the mountain with our new digital kilometer counter.

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Why is it masculine?

Chilometri is masculine because it's a compound of "chilo-" (from Greek "chilioi," thousand) + "metro" (from Latin "metrum," measure), and "metro" is masculine in Italian, making the entire compound masculine. In Italian, when a compound noun includes a masculine component word, the compound typically inherits that gender.

What is the Italian word for kilometers?

The Italian word for kilometers is i chilometri — masculine.

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