🇮🇹 Italian

limoni

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masculine

i limoni

lemons

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limoni
/i liˈmoːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say limoni in Italian?

IPA
/i liˈmoːni/

How do you pronounce limoni in Italian?

limoni is pronounced /i liˈmoːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il limone giallo che ho comprato è molto acido.

The yellow lemon that I bought is very acidic.

Un limone fresco e profumato è perfetto per il tè caldo.

A fresh and fragrant lemon is perfect for hot tea.

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Why is it masculine?

Limoni is masculine because it derives from Arabic "līmūn," which was borrowed into Medieval Latin as "limō" (masculine), and Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The masculine gender was preserved when the word evolved from Latin into the Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for lemons?

The Italian word for lemons is i limoni — masculine.

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