🇮🇹 Italian

marciapiede

masculine

il marciapiede

sidewalk

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marciapiede
/il martʃaˈpjɛːde/
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How do you say marciapiede in Italian?

IPA
/il martʃaˈpjɛːde/

How do you pronounce marciapiede in Italian?

marciapiede is pronounced /il martʃaˈpjɛːde/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il marciapiede nuovo è stato pavimentato con piastrelle grigie.

The new sidewalk has been paved with gray tiles.

Ho visto un marciapiede danneggiato che rappresentava un pericolo per i pedoni.

I saw a damaged sidewalk that posed a danger to pedestrians.

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Why is it masculine?

Marciapiede is masculine because it's a compound of "marcia" (march/walking) and "piede" (foot), and the gender is determined by the final element "piede," which is masculine from Latin "pes, pedis." Italian compounds typically take the gender of their final component.

What is the Italian word for sidewalk?

The Italian word for sidewalk is il marciapiede — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtrottoirlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishacera flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecalçada flips!afeminine

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