🇮🇹 Italian

cuoi

masculine

i cuoi

leathers

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cuoi
/i ˈkwɔːi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cuoi in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈkwɔːi/

How do you pronounce cuoi in Italian?

cuoi is pronounced /i ˈkwɔːi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cuoio rosso è molto resistente e viene usato per fare scarpe di alta qualità.

The red leather is very resistant and is used to make high-quality shoes.

Questo cuoio italiano è famoso in tutto il mondo per la sua morbidezza e durabilità.

This Italian leather is famous throughout the world for its softness and durability.

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Why is it masculine?

Cuoi (leather) is masculine because it derives from Latin "corium," which was a masculine noun of the third declension, and Italian retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. The Latin masculine gender persisted as the default for most third-declension nouns that evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for leathers?

The Italian word for leathers is i cuoi — masculine.

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