🇮🇹 Italian

dato

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masculine

il dato

datum

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dato
/il ˈdaːto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dato in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈdaːto/

How do you pronounce dato in Italian?

dato is pronounced /il ˈdaːto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il dato statistico è molto importante per questa ricerca.

The statistical fact/data is very important for this research.

Questo dato nuovo ha cambiato completamente le nostre conclusioni.

This new fact/data has completely changed our conclusions.

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Why is it masculine?

Dato is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin past participle "datus" (from "dare," to give). In Italian, this word functions as a noun meaning "datum" or "piece of information." The masculine gender is inherited from Latin, where "datus" was masculine; the Italian -o ending is the standard masculine singular nominative ending that evolved from Latin masculine nouns.

What is the Italian word for datum?

The Italian word for datum is il dato — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishdatoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedadoomasculine

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