🇮🇹 Italian

contadini

masculine

i contadini

farmers

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contadini
/i kontaˈdiːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say contadini in Italian?

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/i kontaˈdiːni/

How do you pronounce contadini in Italian?

contadini is pronounced /i kontaˈdiːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il contadino anziano ha lavorato nei campi per cinquant'anni.

The elderly farmer (male) has worked in the fields for fifty years.

Quel contadino diligente è molto rispettato dalla sua comunità.

That diligent farmer (male) is very respected by his community.

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Why is it masculine?

Contadini is masculine because it derives from Latin "comitanus" (a rustic, countryman), which is the source of the Italian word. The masculine ending "-ino" functions as a diminutive suffix here, and like most Italian nouns ending in "-o", "contadino" is grammatically masculine.

What is the Italian word for farmers?

The Italian word for farmers is i contadini — masculine.

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