🇮🇹 Italian

postino

masculine

il postino

postman

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postino
/il posˈtiːno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say postino in Italian?

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/il posˈtiːno/

How do you pronounce postino in Italian?

postino is pronounced /il posˈtiːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il postino italiano è molto gentile e consegna sempre i pacchi puntualmente.

The Italian postman is very kind and always delivers packages on time.

Quel postino nuovo sembra stanco dopo il suo primo giorno di lavoro.

That new postman seems tired after his first day of work.

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Why is it masculine?

Postino (mailman) is masculine because it derives from "posta" (mail/post office) combined with the Italian diminutive suffix "-ino," which typically creates masculine nouns. The suffix "-ino" is inherently masculine in Italian and regularly produces masculine agent nouns.

What is the Italian word for postman?

The Italian word for postman is il postino — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfacteurlemasculine

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