🇮🇹 Italian

nervo

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masculine

il nervo

nerve

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nervo
/il ˈnɛrvo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nervo in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈnɛrvo/

How do you pronounce nervo in Italian?

nervo is pronounced /il ˈnɛrvo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il nervo ottico è molto importante per la visione.

The optic nerve is very important for vision.

Un nervo danneggiato può causare dolore cronico.

A damaged nerve can cause chronic pain.

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Why is it masculine?

Nervo is masculine because it derives from Latin "nervus," which was masculine in the second declension (nominative singular -us ending), and Italian retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. The word originally referred to sinews or tendons before expanding to mean nerves in the modern anatomical sense.

What is the Italian word for nerve?

The Italian word for nerve is il nervo — masculine.

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