🇮🇹 Italian

effetto

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masculine

l' effetto

effect

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effetto
/lefˈfɛtto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say effetto in Italian?

IPA
/lefˈfɛtto/

How do you pronounce effetto in Italian?

effetto is pronounced /lefˈfɛtto/ 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?

Effetto 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 effect?

The Italian word for effect is l' effetto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frencheffetl'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishefectoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseefeitoomasculine

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