🇮🇹 Italian

rettangolo

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masculine

il rettangolo

rectangle

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rettangolo
/il retˈtaŋɡolo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rettangolo in Italian?

IPA
/il retˈtaŋɡolo/

How do you pronounce rettangolo in Italian?

rettangolo is pronounced /il retˈtaŋɡolo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il rettangolo blu è più grande del rettangolo rosso.

The blue rectangle is larger than the red rectangle.

Ho disegnato un rettangolo perfetto sulla carta bianca.

I drew a perfect rectangle on white paper.

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Why is it masculine?

Rettangolo is masculine because it derives from Latin "rectangulus" (from "rectus" meaning straight and "angulus" meaning angle), which is a masculine noun in Latin, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. Italian words ending in "-o" are typically masculine, following the pattern established by Latin second-declension masculine nouns.

What is the Italian word for rectangle?

The Italian word for rectangle is il rettangolo — masculine.

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