🇮🇹 Italian

monumento

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masculine

il monumento

monument

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monumento
/il monuˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say monumento in Italian?

IPA
/il monuˈmento/

How do you pronounce monumento in Italian?

monumento is pronounced /il monuˈmento/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il monumento antico è stato restaurato completamente.

The ancient monument has been completely restored.

Quel monumento storico è diventato famoso in tutto il mondo.

That famous historical monument became famous throughout the world.

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Why is it masculine?

Monumento is masculine because it derives from the Latin "monumentum," which was grammatically neuter in Latin. When Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" were adopted into Italian, they typically became masculine. The Latin root comes from "monere" (to remind), reflecting the original function of monuments as reminders of the past.

What is the Italian word for monument?

The Italian word for monument is il monumento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmonumentlemasculine

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