🇮🇹 Italian

scaffali

masculine

gli scaffali

shelves

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scaffali
/ʎi skafˈfaːli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say scaffali in Italian?

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/ʎi skafˈfaːli/

How do you pronounce scaffali in Italian?

scaffali is pronounced /ʎi skafˈfaːli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo scaffale nuovo è pieno di libri interessanti.

The new shelf is full of interesting books.

Quello scaffale marrone è troppo piccolo per contenere tutti i nostri oggetti.

That brown shelf is too small to hold all our objects.

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Why is it masculine?

Scaffali is masculine because it derives from the Latin "scapha" (a small boat or tub), which became "scaffa" in Italian, and the masculine -ale suffix (commonly used to form masculine nouns in Italian) was added to create "scaffale". The word's masculine gender reflects the gender of its Latin root and the typical masculine association of the -ale suffix in Italian.

What is the Italian word for shelves?

The Italian word for shelves is gli scaffali — masculine.

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