🇮🇹 Italian

contenitore

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masculine

il contenitore

container

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contenitore
/il konteniˈtoːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say contenitore in Italian?

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/il konteniˈtoːre/

How do you pronounce contenitore in Italian?

contenitore is pronounced /il konteniˈtoːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il contenitore blu è pieno di acqua, mentre quello rosso è vuoto.

The blue container is full of water, while the red one is empty.

Ho comprato un contenitore grande per conservare il pane fresco.

I bought a large container to store fresh bread.

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Why is it masculine?

Contenitore is masculine because it derives from the Latin "continētor" (one who contains), which follows the standard Latin masculine agent noun suffix "-tor" that became "-tore" in Italian, a pattern that consistently produces masculine nouns.

What is the Italian word for container?

The Italian word for container is il contenitore — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishenvaseelmasculine

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