🇮🇹 Italian

effetti

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masculine

gli effetti

effects

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effetti
/ʎi efˈfɛtti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say effetti in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi efˈfɛtti/

How do you pronounce effetti in Italian?

effetti is pronounced /ʎi efˈfɛtti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo effetto speciale del film era straordinario e affascinava tutti gli spettatori.

The special effect of the film was extraordinary and fascinated all the spectators.

Questo nuovo effetto acustico è molto innovativo e migliora notevolmente la qualità del suono.

This new acoustic effect is very innovative and considerably improves the sound quality.

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Why is it masculine?

Effetti is masculine because it derives from the Latin "effectus," the past participle of "efficere" (to bring about), which was a masculine noun in Latin—a pattern preserved in Italian where most -o ending nouns inherited masculine gender from their Latin origins.

What is the Italian word for effects?

The Italian word for effects is gli effetti — masculine.

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