🇮🇹 Italian

fieno

masculine

il fieno

hay

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fieno
/il ˈfjɛːno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fieno in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈfjɛːno/

How do you pronounce fieno in Italian?

fieno is pronounced /il ˈfjɛːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il fieno secco è essenziale per nutrire i cavalli durante l'inverno.

Dry hay is essential for feeding horses during winter.

Quel fieno bagnato non è buono perché potrebbe causare malattie agli animali.

That wet hay is not good because it could cause illnesses in animals.

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Why is it masculine?

Fieno is masculine because it derives from Latin "foenum," which was a masculine noun of the second declension, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The masculine gender persisted through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin into Italian.

What is the Italian word for hay?

The Italian word for hay is il fieno — masculine.

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