🇮🇹 Italian

esempio

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masculine

l' esempio

example

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esempio
/leˈzɛmpjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say esempio in Italian?

IPA
/leˈzɛmpjo/

How do you pronounce esempio in Italian?

esempio is pronounced /leˈzɛmpjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo esempio più importante è quello che il professore ha spiegato oggi in classe.

The most important example is the one the professor explained today in class.

Questo esempio è molto chiaro e utile per capire il concetto difficile.

This example is very clear and useful for understanding the difficult concept.

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Why is it masculine?

Esempio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "exemplum," which was a neuter noun, but Italian reassigned it to the masculine gender—a common pattern where Latin neuter nouns became masculine in Romance languages since Italian lacked a neuter category.

What is the Italian word for example?

The Italian word for example is l' esempio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchexemplel'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishejemploelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseexemploomasculine

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