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il filo
thread
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How do you say filo in Italian?
How do you pronounce filo in Italian?
filo is pronounced /il ˈfiːlo/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il filo rosso è lungo e resistente.
The red thread is long and resistant.
Ho comprato un filo nuovo per cucire la camicia staccata.
I bought a new thread to sew the detached shirt.
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Why is it masculine?
Filo is masculine because it derives from Latin "filum" (thread), which was a neuter noun in Latin but became masculine in Italian following the regular sound changes that caused most Latin neuter nouns to shift to the masculine gender in Romance languages. This shift occurred because Latin neuter endings were reanalyzed and absorbed into masculine patterns during the evolution from Latin to Italian.
What is the Italian word for thread?
The Italian word for thread is il filo — masculine.
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