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il cuscino
pillow
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How do you say cuscino in Italian?
How do you pronounce cuscino in Italian?
cuscino is pronounced /il kuˈʃiːno/ 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?
Cuscino (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 pillow?
The Italian word for pillow is il cuscino — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | oreiller | l' | masculine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | almohada flips! | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | travesseiro | o | masculine |
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