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How do you say ospite in Italian?
How do you pronounce ospite in Italian?
ospite is pronounced /ˈlɔspite/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Lo ospite americano è arrivato ieri sera ed è molto gentile.
The American male guest arrived yesterday evening and is very kind.
Questo ospite illustre ha portato con sé dei regali straordinari per la famiglia.
This illustrious male guest brought extraordinary gifts with him for the family.
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Why is it masculine?
Ospite is masculine because it derives from the Latin "hospes" (nominative singular), which was a masculine noun referring to a host or guest. Italian inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (the Latin nominative -is ending was lost, leaving the root, which took the masculine -e ending in Italian). The word's gender remained stable through this evolution despite the semantic domain (hospitality) not determining gender in Romance languages.
What is the Italian word for guest?
The Italian word for guest is l' ospite — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | invité | l' | masculine |
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