🇮🇹 Italian

rubinetto

masculine

il rubinetto

faucet

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rubinetto
/il rubiˈnetto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rubinetto in Italian?

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/il rubiˈnetto/

How do you pronounce rubinetto in Italian?

rubinetto is pronounced /il rubiˈnetto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il rubinetto nuovo è rotto e devo chiamare un idraulico per ripararlo.

The new faucet is broken and I need to call a plumber to repair it.

Quel rubinetto antico è molto prezioso perché è stato restaurato da un maestro artigiano.

That ancient faucet is very precious because it was restored by a master craftsman.

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Why is it masculine?

Rubinetto is masculine because it derives from "rubinetto," a diminutive form related to "rubino" (ruby), and the Italian diminutive suffix "-etto" is inherently masculine. Italian diminutives with the "-etto" suffix are typically masculine regardless of the base word's gender, making "rubinetto" masculine.

What is the Italian word for faucet?

The Italian word for faucet is il rubinetto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrobinetlemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesetorneira flips!afeminine

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