🇮🇹 Italian

segreto

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masculine

il segreto

secret

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segreto
/il seˈɡreːto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say segreto in Italian?

IPA
/il seˈɡreːto/

How do you pronounce segreto in Italian?

segreto is pronounced /il seˈɡreːto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il segreto ben custodito di Marco è rimasto nascosto per anni.

Mark's well-kept secret remained hidden for years.

Quel segreto importante non può essere rivelato a nessuno.

That important secret cannot be revealed to anyone.

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Why is it masculine?

Segreto is masculine because it derives from Latin "secretus" (past participle of "secernere," meaning to set apart or separate), which carried masculine gender that was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The -o ending in Italian consistently marks masculine nouns inherited from Latin masculine forms ending in -us.

What is the Italian word for secret?

The Italian word for secret is il segreto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsecretlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishsecretoelmasculine

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