🇮🇹 Italian

premio

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

il premio

prize

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premio
/il ˈprɛːmjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say premio in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈprɛːmjo/

How do you pronounce premio in Italian?

premio is pronounced /il ˈprɛːmjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il premio internazionale è stato assegnato al nostro regista italiano.

The international award was assigned to our Italian director.

Questo premio prestigioso rappresenta il riconoscimento più importante della sua carriera.

This prestigious award represents the most important recognition of his career.

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Why is it masculine?

Premio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "praemium," which was itself masculine in gender and referred to a reward or prize. Latin masculine nouns ending in -ium typically maintained their gender when adopted into Romance languages, making "premio" naturally masculine in Italian.

What is the Italian word for prize?

The Italian word for prize is il premio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishpremioelmasculine

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