🇮🇹 Italian

sollievo

masculine

il sollievo

relief

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sollievo
/il solˈljɛːvo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sollievo in Italian?

IPA
/il solˈljɛːvo/

How do you pronounce sollievo in Italian?

sollievo is pronounced /il solˈljɛːvo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sollievo profondo che ho provato dopo l'operazione è stato incredibile.

The deep relief that I felt after the surgery was incredible.

Un sollievo improvviso ha riempito il mio cuore quando ho sentito la notizia.

A sudden relief filled my heart when I heard the news.

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Why is it masculine?

Sollievo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "sublevāmen" (relief, alleviation). The -o ending in Italian regularly marks masculine nouns, and Latin neuter nouns ending in -men often became masculine in Italian when adopting the -o ending through regular phonetic evolution.

What is the Italian word for relief?

The Italian word for relief is il sollievo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsoulagementlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishalivioelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesealívioomasculine

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