🇮🇹 Italian

segno

masculine

il segno

sign

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segno
/il ˈseɲɲo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say segno in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈseɲɲo/

How do you pronounce segno in Italian?

segno is pronounced /il ˈseɲɲo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il segno zodiacale è un elemento importante per chi crede nell'astrologia.

The zodiac sign is an important element for those who believe in astrology.

Ho visto un segno strano sulla strada che mi ha fatto preoccupare.

I saw a strange sign on the road that made me worry.

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Why is it masculine?

Segno is masculine because it derives from the Latin "signum," which was a neuter noun in classical Latin but became masculine in Italian through sound changes and analogical reshaping during the Romance language evolution. The final "-um" of Latin neuter nouns typically dropped in Italian, leaving forms like "segno" that were reanalyzed as masculine based on their ending pattern.

What is the Italian word for sign?

The Italian word for sign is il segno — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpanneaulemasculine

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