🇮🇹 Italian

sasso

masculine

il sasso

pebble

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sasso
/il ˈsasso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sasso in Italian?

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/il ˈsasso/

How do you pronounce sasso in Italian?

sasso is pronounced /il ˈsasso/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sasso grigio che ho trovato sulla spiaggia è molto pesante.

The gray stone that I found on the beach is very heavy.

Quel sasso rotondo è perfetto per il nostro giardino.

That round stone is perfect for our garden.

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Why is it masculine?

Sasso (stone) is masculine because it derives from Latin "saxum," which was a neuter noun, but Italian transformed most Latin neuter nouns into masculine forms, with "-um" endings typically becoming "-o" in masculine gender. This sound change combined with gender reassignment is a regular feature of Romance language evolution from Latin.

What is the Italian word for pebble?

The Italian word for pebble is il sasso — masculine.

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