🇮🇹 Italian

file

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masculine

i file

files

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file
/i ˈfail/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say file in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈfail/

How do you pronounce file in Italian?

file is pronounced /i ˈfail/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il file corrotto ha causato la perdita di tutti i dati importanti.

The corrupted file caused the loss of all important data.

Ho salvato il file nuovo nel mio computer portatile.

I saved the new file on my laptop.

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Why is it masculine?

File is masculine in Italian (il file) because it derives from the English word "file," which Italian adopted as a modern loanword in the late 20th century; loanwords from English typically default to masculine gender in Italian when no other gender markers are present. There is no Latin root to explain this, as it's simply a borrowed term that followed the language's default masculine assignment for foreign words.

What is the Italian word for files?

The Italian word for files is i file — masculine.

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