🇮🇹 Italian

senso

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masculine

il senso

sense

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senso
/il ˈsɛnso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say senso in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈsɛnso/

How do you pronounce senso in Italian?

senso is pronounced /il ˈsɛnso/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il senso comune è spesso il migliore alleato nella vita quotidiana.

Common sense is often the best ally in everyday life.

Ho trovato un senso profondo nel suo messaggio straordinario.

I found a deep meaning in his extraordinary message.

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Why is it masculine?

Senso is masculine because it derives from Latin "sensus," which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Italian preserved this gender assignment when adopting the word. The -o ending in Italian typically marks masculine nouns, reinforcing this gender from its Latin origin.

What is the Italian word for sense?

The Italian word for sense is il senso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsenslemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesentidoomasculine

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