🇮🇹 Italian

polmone

masculine

il polmone

lung

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polmone
/il polˈmoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say polmone in Italian?

IPA
/il polˈmoːne/

How do you pronounce polmone in Italian?

polmone is pronounced /il polˈmoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il polmone sinistro è più grande del polmone destro nell'uomo adulto.

The left lung is larger than the right lung in adult men.

Un polmone sano è fondamentale per una buona respirazione.

A healthy lung is essential for good breathing.

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Why is it masculine?

Polmone is masculine because it derives from Latin "pulmō" (nominative singular), which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for lung?

The Italian word for lung is il polmone — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpoumonlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpulmónelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepulmãoomasculine

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