🇮🇹 Italian

colore

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masculine

il colore

color

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colore
/il koˈloːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say colore in Italian?

IPA
/il koˈloːre/

How do you pronounce colore in Italian?

colore is pronounced /il koˈloːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il colore rosso è il mio preferito per le pareti del salotto.

The red color is my favorite for the living room walls.

Questo colore azzurro è molto profondo e affascinante.

This deep blue color is very fascinating.

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Why is it masculine?

Colore is masculine because it descends from the Latin noun "color" (masculine, third declension), which retained its masculine gender through the evolution into Italian and other Romance languages. The -e ending in Italian third-declension masculine nouns like "colore," "fiore," and "amore" derives from the Latin nominative singular endings of this declension class.

What is the Italian word for color?

The Italian word for color is il colore — masculine.

Gender across languages

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