🇮🇹 Italian

cuscini

masculine

i cuscini

pillows

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cuscini
/i kuˈʃiːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cuscini in Italian?

IPA
/i kuˈʃiːni/

How do you pronounce cuscini in Italian?

cuscini is pronounced /i kuˈʃiːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cuscino nuovo è molto comodo e morbido.

The new pillow is very comfortable and soft.

Ho comprato un cuscino blu perché il vecchio era sporco.

I bought a blue pillow because the old one was dirty.

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Why is it masculine?

Cuscini (pillow) is masculine because it derives from Latin "cussinus," which maintained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor through regular sound changes in Italian phonology. The suffix "-ino" is a diminutive suffix that typically creates masculine nouns in Italian, reinforcing this gender assignment.

What is the Italian word for pillows?

The Italian word for pillows is i cuscini — masculine.

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