🇮🇹 Italian

inizio

masculine

l' inizio

beginning

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inizio
/liˈnittsjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say inizio in Italian?

IPA
/liˈnittsjo/

How do you pronounce inizio in Italian?

inizio is pronounced /liˈnittsjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo inizio del film è stato molto emozionante e coinvolgente.

The beginning of the film was very emotional and engaging.

Questo nuovo inizio è promettente perché abbiamo un buon piano.

This new beginning is promising because we have a good plan.

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Why is it masculine?

Inizio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "initium," which was a neuter noun, but Italian neuter nouns regularly shifted to the masculine gender during the language's development from Latin. This gender change affected most Latin neuter nouns ending in "-ium," which typically became masculine "-io" words in Italian.

What is the Italian word for beginning?

The Italian word for beginning is l' inizio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishprincipioelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecomeçoomasculine

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