🇮🇹 Italian

nonni

masculine

i nonni

grandfathers

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nonni
/i ˈnɔnni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nonni in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈnɔnni/

How do you pronounce nonni in Italian?

nonni is pronounced /i ˈnɔnni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il nonno italiano è molto anziano e saggio.

The Italian grandfather is very old and wise.

Mio nonno preferito mi ha insegnato molte cose importanti.

My favorite grandfather taught me many important things.

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Why is it masculine?

Nonni (grandfather) is masculine because it derives from Latin "nonnus," which was already a masculine noun in Late Latin, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and morphological evolution. The "-o" ending in Italian typically marks masculine nouns, reinforcing the gender that was already established in the Latin source.

What is the Italian word for grandfathers?

The Italian word for grandfathers is i nonni — masculine.

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