🇮🇹 Italian

compleanni

masculine

i compleanni

birthdays

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compleanni
/i kompleˈanni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say compleanni in Italian?

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/i kompleˈanni/

How do you pronounce compleanni in Italian?

compleanni is pronounced /i kompleˈanni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il compleanno di Marco è stato bellissimo perché abbiamo organizzato una festa sorprendente.

Marco's birthday was very beautiful because we organized a surprising party.

Ho ricevuto un regalo costoso per il mio compleanno e sono stato molto felice.

I received an expensive gift for my birthday and I was very happy.

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Why is it masculine?

Compleanni is masculine because it derives from the Latin "complere annum" (to complete a year), and when this phrase was contracted into a single noun in Italian, it retained the masculine gender of "annum" (year). The word essentially fossilized the gender of its etymological root rather than following any productive gender rule.

What is the Italian word for birthdays?

The Italian word for birthdays is i compleanni — masculine.

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