🇮🇹 Italian

inferni

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masculine

gli inferni

hells

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inferni
/ʎi inˈfɛrni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say inferni in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi inˈfɛrni/

How do you pronounce inferni in Italian?

inferni is pronounced /ʎi inˈfɛrni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo inferno descritto da Dante è straordinariamente complesso e affascinante.

The hell described by Dante is extraordinarily complex and fascinating. (masculine adjectives: complesso, affascinante)

L'inferno stesso rappresenta un luogo terribile e oscuro nella mitologia cristiana.

Hell itself represents a terrible and dark place in Christian mythology. (masculine adjectives: terribile, oscuro)

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Why is it masculine?

Inferni is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "infernus" (masculine adjective meaning "lower" or "infernal"), which when used as a noun retained its masculine gender. The word's gender follows the standard pattern of Latin masculine adjectives that became Italian nouns.

What is the Italian word for hells?

The Italian word for hells is gli inferni — masculine.

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