🇮🇹 Italian

ponti

masculine

i ponti

bridges

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ponti
/i ˈponti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ponti in Italian?

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/i ˈponti/

How do you pronounce ponti in Italian?

ponti is pronounced /i ˈponti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il ponte antico collega i due villaggi da secoli.

The old bridge has connected the two villages for centuries.

Quel ponte magnifico è stato recentemente restaurato.

That magnificent bridge was recently restored.

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Why is it masculine?

Ponti is masculine because it derives from Latin "pons, pontis" (a third-declension masculine noun meaning bridge), and Italian inherited the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin masculine gender persisted through the Romance language evolution despite the word's ending in -e, which often marks feminine nouns in modern Italian.

What is the Italian word for bridges?

The Italian word for bridges is i ponti — masculine.

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