🇮🇹 Italian

sentimento

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masculine

il sentimento

feeling

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sentimento
/il sentiˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sentimento in Italian?

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/il sentiˈmento/

How do you pronounce sentimento in Italian?

sentimento is pronounced /il sentiˈmento/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sentimento profondo che prova per lei è sincero e autentico.

The deep feeling that he has for her is sincere and authentic.

Questo sentimento negativo lo ha tormentato per molto tempo.

This negative feeling tormented him for a long time.

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Why is it masculine?

Sentimento is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "sentimentum" (which was itself masculine), following the Italian pattern where Latin masculine nouns ending in -mentum typically become masculine nouns ending in -mento. This Latin suffix -mentum was consistently masculine and produced abstract nouns of action or state, a gender that Italian preserved.

What is the Italian word for feeling?

The Italian word for feeling is il sentimento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsentimentlemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesentimentoomasculine

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