🇮🇹 Italian

soli

masculine

i soli

suns

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soli
/i ˈsoːli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say soli in Italian?

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/i ˈsoːli/

How do you pronounce soli in Italian?

soli is pronounced /i ˈsoːli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sole caldo ha asciugato i vestiti bagnati.

The warm sun dried the wet clothes. (The masculine article 'il' and masculine adjective 'caldo' agree with 'sole')

Ieri ho visto un sole splendido al tramonto.

Yesterday I saw a splendid sun at sunset. (The masculine article 'un' and masculine adjective 'splendido' agree with 'sole')

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Why is it masculine?

Soli (sun) is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "sōl," which was masculine in the classical language, and Italian inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. The masculine gender likely reflects ancient Indo-European associations of the sun with male deities, though the specific historical reasoning is not definitively documented.

What is the Italian word for suns?

The Italian word for suns is i soli — masculine.

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