🇮🇹 Italian

pane

masculine

il pane

bread

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pane
/il ˈpaːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pane in Italian?

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/il ˈpaːne/

How do you pronounce pane in Italian?

pane is pronounced /il ˈpaːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il pane fresco che ho comprato questa mattina è delizioso.

The fresh bread that I bought this morning is delicious.

Quel pane integrale è molto più nutriente del pane bianco ordinario.

That whole wheat bread is much more nutritious than ordinary white bread.

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Why is it masculine?

Pane (bread) is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "panis," which was masculine in the second declension, and Italian retained the gender of its Latin source words. This gender persisted through the Romance language evolution despite sound changes that obscured the original Latin ending.

What is the Italian word for bread?

The Italian word for bread is il pane — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpainlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpanelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepãoomasculine

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