🇮🇹 Italian

dottori

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masculine

i dottori

doctors

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dottori
/i dotˈtoːri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say dottori in Italian?

IPA
/i dotˈtoːri/

How do you pronounce dottori in Italian?

dottori is pronounced /i dotˈtoːri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il dottore italiano è molto bravo e competente nel suo lavoro.

The Italian doctor is very skilled and competent in his work.

Un dottore nuovo e giovane ha appena iniziato a lavorare presso l'ospedale.

A new and young doctor has just started working at the hospital.

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Why is it masculine?

Dottori is masculine because it derives from the Latin "doctor" (masculine noun), which comes from the verb "docere" (to teach), and Latin masculine nouns ending in -or typically retained their gender when adopted into Romance languages like Italian. The masculine form reflects both its etymological origin and the historical reality that the profession was traditionally male-dominated when the term became standardized.

What is the Italian word for doctors?

The Italian word for doctors is i dottori — masculine.

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