🇮🇹 Italian

inverni

masculine

gli inverni

winters

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inverni
/ʎi inˈvɛrni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say inverni in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi inˈvɛrni/

How do you pronounce inverni in Italian?

inverni is pronounced /ʎi inˈvɛrni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo inverno scorso è stato particolarmente freddo e nevoso.

Last winter was particularly cold and snowy. (The masculine article 'lo' and masculine adjective 'scorso' agree with the masculine noun 'inverno')

L'inverno prossimo sarà lungo e rigido secondo le previsioni meteorologiche.

Next winter will be long and harsh according to weather forecasts. (The masculine adjective 'prossimo' and 'lungo' and 'rigido' must agree with masculine 'inverno'; if it were feminine, we'd say 'prossima', 'lunga', 'rigida')

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Why is it masculine?

Inverni is masculine because it derives from the Latin "hibernum" (neuter), which shifted to masculine gender in Italian following the general pattern where Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" became masculine in Romance languages. The semantic association with winter as a season may have also reinforced masculine gender assignment through analogy with other masculine season names.

What is the Italian word for winters?

The Italian word for winters is gli inverni — masculine.

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