🇮🇹 Italian

paradiso

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masculine

il paradiso

paradise

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paradiso
/il paraˈdiːzo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say paradiso in Italian?

IPA
/il paraˈdiːzo/

How do you pronounce paradiso in Italian?

paradiso is pronounced /il paraˈdiːzo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il paradiso terrestre è descritto come un luogo bellissimo e perfetto.

The earthly paradise is described as a most beautiful and perfect place.

Quel paradiso tropicale era così splendido che sembrava irreale.

That tropical paradise was so splendid that it seemed unreal.

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Why is it masculine?

Paradiso is masculine because it derives from Latin "paradīsus," which was borrowed from Greek "parádeisos" and retained the masculine gender of the Latin noun; Latin nouns ending in "-us" are typically masculine, and this gender was preserved when the word evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for paradise?

The Italian word for paradise is il paradiso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchparadislemasculine

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