🇮🇹 Italian

orecchi

masculine

gli orecchi

ears

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orecchi
/ʎi oˈrɛkki/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say orecchi in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi oˈrɛkki/

How do you pronounce orecchi in Italian?

orecchi is pronounced /ʎi oˈrɛkki/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo orecchio sinistro del bambino è rosso e gonfio dopo l'infezione.

The boy's left ear is red and swollen after the infection.

L'orecchio destro è quello buono; quello sinistro non sente bene.

The right ear is the good one; the left one doesn't hear well.

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Why is it masculine?

Orecchi is masculine because it derives from Latin "auriculum" (the diminutive of "auris," meaning ear). In Italian, words ending in -o are typically masculine, and this pattern, combined with the phonetic evolution from Latin to Italian, resulted in the masculine gender assignment.

What is the Italian word for ears?

The Italian word for ears is gli orecchi — masculine.

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