🇮🇹 Italian

piccioni

masculine

i piccioni

pigeons

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piccioni
/i pitˈtʃoːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say piccioni in Italian?

IPA
/i pitˈtʃoːni/

How do you pronounce piccioni in Italian?

piccioni is pronounced /i pitˈtʃoːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il piccione grigio ha costruito un nido sulla mia finestra.

The gray pigeon (masculine) built a nest on my window.

Un piccione bianco e nero è arrivato nel nostro giardino questa mattina.

A white and black pigeon (masculine) arrived in our garden this morning.

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Why is it masculine?

Piccioni (pigeon) comes from Latin "pipio," a masculine noun. Italian retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. The word's gender reflects its Latin origin rather than the biological sex of the animal.

What is the Italian word for pigeons?

The Italian word for pigeons is i piccioni — masculine.

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