🇮🇹 Italian

silenzi

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masculine

i silenzi

silences

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silenzi
/i siˈlɛntsi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say silenzi in Italian?

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/i siˈlɛntsi/

How do you pronounce silenzi in Italian?

silenzi is pronounced /i siˈlɛntsi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il silenzio profondo della biblioteca mi ha aiutato a concentrarmi.

The deep silence of the library helped me concentrate.

Quel silenzio assordante durante la riunione era molto imbarazzante.

That deafening silence during the meeting was very embarrassing.

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Why is it masculine?

Silenzi is masculine because it derives from Latin "silentium," which was a neuter noun in Latin but was regendered as masculine when adopted into Italian, following the pattern where many Latin neuter nouns ending in "-ium" became masculine nouns ending in "-io" in Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for silences?

The Italian word for silences is i silenzi — masculine.

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