🇮🇹 Italian

recinto

masculine

il recinto

fence

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recinto
/il reˈtʃinto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say recinto in Italian?

IPA
/il reˈtʃinto/

How do you pronounce recinto in Italian?

recinto is pronounced /il reˈtʃinto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il recinto nuovo è stato costruito intorno alla fattoria per proteggere gli animali.

The new fence was built around the farm to protect the animals.

Quel recinto alto e robusto separa i due terreni confinanti.

That tall and sturdy fence separates the two adjacent properties.

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Why is it masculine?

Recinto is masculine because it derives from the Latin "recintus" (past participle of "recingere," meaning to encircle or gird around). In Italian, it evolved into a noun meaning "enclosed space" or "enclosure" (more accurately than "fence"), and the masculine -o ending is typical of masculine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for fence?

The Italian word for fence is il recinto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchclôture flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishverja flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecerca flips!afeminine

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