🇮🇹 Italian

incidenti

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masculine

gli incidenti

accidents

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incidenti
/ʎi intʃiˈdɛnti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say incidenti in Italian?

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/ʎi intʃiˈdɛnti/

How do you pronounce incidenti in Italian?

incidenti is pronounced /ʎi intʃiˈdɛnti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo incidente stradale è stato molto grave e ha causato tre feriti.

The road accident was very serious and caused three injured people.

Quel brutto incidente ha traumatizzato il giovane conducente per molti anni.

That ugly/serious accident traumatized the young driver for many years.

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Why is it masculine?

Incidenti is masculine because it derives from the Latin masculine noun "incidentem" (from "incidere," to fall upon or happen), which retained its grammatical gender through Italian's Romance language evolution. The -ente ending in Italian typically indicates masculine nouns when derived from Latin participles, as seen in other words like "studente" and "presidente."

What is the Italian word for accidents?

The Italian word for accidents is gli incidenti — masculine.

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