🇮🇹 Italian

professori

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masculine

i professori

teachers

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professori
/i profesˈsoːri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say professori in Italian?

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/i profesˈsoːri/

How do you pronounce professori in Italian?

professori is pronounced /i profesˈsoːri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il professore italiano è molto bravo e dedicato al suo lavoro.

The Italian professor is very skilled and dedicated to his work.

Il nostro professore è stato gentile quando ha spiegato l'argomento difficile.

Our professor was kind when he explained the difficult topic.

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Why is it masculine?

Professori is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "professor" (masculine). In Latin, agent nouns ending in -or (from verbs like "profiteri," meaning "to profess or declare publicly") were grammatically masculine. Italian inherited this masculine gender assignment through regular sound changes from Latin to Italian, where Latin -or became Italian -ore.

What is the Italian word for teachers?

The Italian word for teachers is i professori — masculine.

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