🇮🇹 Italian

parente

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masculine

il parente

relative

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parente
/il paˈrɛnte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say parente in Italian?

IPA
/il paˈrɛnte/

How do you pronounce parente in Italian?

parente is pronounced /il paˈrɛnte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il parente anziano di mia madre è venuto a visitarci ieri.

My mother's elderly male relative came to visit us yesterday.

Quel parente ricco ha lasciato un'eredità importante al nostro famiglia.

That wealthy male relative left an important inheritance to our family.

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Why is it masculine?

Parente is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "parens" (parent), which is a third declension noun. However, Latin "parens" is actually common gender (used for both masculine and feminine), and Italian inherited the masculine form as the default gender for this word.

What is the Italian word for relative?

The Italian word for relative is il parente — masculine.

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