Accordcielo
masculine
il cielo
sky
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cielo
/il ˈtʃɛːlo/
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How do you say cielo in Italian?
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/il ˈtʃɛːlo/
How do you pronounce cielo in Italian?
cielo is pronounced /il ˈtʃɛːlo/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il cielo azzurro è bellissimo questa sera.
The blue sky is very beautiful this evening.
Ho visto un cielo stellato splendido durante la notte.
I saw a splendid starry sky during the night.
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Why is it masculine?
Cielo is masculine because it derives from Latin "caelum," which was a neuter noun, but Italian neuter nouns generally shifted to masculine gender during the language's evolution from Latin. This gender reassignment was a regular pattern as Italian developed its two-gender system.
What is the Italian word for sky?
The Italian word for sky is il cielo — masculine.
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