🇮🇹 Italian

pozzi

masculine

i pozzi

wells

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pozzi
/i ˈpottsi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pozzi in Italian?

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/i ˈpottsi/

How do you pronounce pozzi in Italian?

pozzi is pronounced /i ˈpottsi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il pozzo profondo era pericoloso perché l'acqua era molto fredda.

The deep well was dangerous because the water was very cold.

Abbiamo riparato il vecchio pozzo del nonno con materiali nuovi.

We repaired grandfather's old well with new materials.

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Why is it masculine?

Pozzi (well) is masculine because it derives from Latin "puteus," which was a masculine noun, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender along with the word through sound changes (puteus > pozzo). This follows the regular pattern where Latin masculine second-declension nouns typically became masculine in Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for wells?

The Italian word for wells is i pozzi — masculine.

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