🇮🇹 Italian

ruscello

masculine

il ruscello

stream

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ruscello
/il ruʃˈʃɛllo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ruscello in Italian?

IPA
/il ruʃˈʃɛllo/

How do you pronounce ruscello in Italian?

ruscello is pronounced /il ruʃˈʃɛllo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il ruscello piccolo scorre attraverso la foresta e alimenta il lago grande.

The small stream flows through the forest and feeds the large lake.

Abbiamo trovato un ruscello cristallino dove potevamo bere l'acqua fresca.

We found a crystalline stream where we could drink the fresh water.

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Why is it masculine?

Ruscello is masculine because it derives from Latin "ruscellus," the diminutive form of "rusca" (a small stream), which inherited masculine gender from Latin diminutives ending in "-ellus." The suffix "-ello" in Italian typically preserves the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for stream?

The Italian word for stream is il ruscello — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchruisseaulemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanisharroyoelmasculine

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