🇮🇹 Italian

pesci

masculine

i pesci

fishes

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pesci
/i ˈpeʃʃi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pesci in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈpeʃʃi/

How do you pronounce pesci in Italian?

pesci is pronounced /i ˈpeʃʃi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il pesce fresco che ho comprato stamattina è delizioso.

The fresh fish that I bought this morning is delicious.

Quel pesce rosso nuota velocemente nel suo acquario nuovo.

That red fish swims quickly in his new aquarium.

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Why is it masculine?

Pesci is masculine because it descends from Latin "piscis" (fish), which was a masculine noun in the second declension, and Italian retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes like the loss of the final -is ending.

What is the Italian word for fishes?

The Italian word for fishes is i pesci — masculine.

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