🇮🇹 Italian

climi

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masculine

i climi

climates

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climi
/i ˈkliːmi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say climi in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈkliːmi/

How do you pronounce climi in Italian?

climi is pronounced /i ˈkliːmi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il clima tropicale è molto umido e caldo durante tutto l'anno.

The tropical climate is very humid and hot throughout the year.

Questo clima temperato è ideale per la coltivazione del vino.

This temperate climate is ideal for wine cultivation.

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Why is it masculine?

Climi is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "clima" (accusative "climam"), which was borrowed from Greek "klíma" (κλίμα). In Latin, "clima" was masculine (third declension). Italian retained this masculine gender despite the word ending in "-a", which typically indicates feminine nouns. This is a common pattern for Greek-origin words ending in "-a" that were masculine in Latin and maintained their masculine gender in Italian.

What is the Italian word for climates?

The Italian word for climates is i climi — masculine.

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