🇮🇹 Italian

specchi

masculine

gli specchi

mirrors

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specchi
/ʎi ˈspekki/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say specchi in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi ˈspekki/

How do you pronounce specchi in Italian?

specchi is pronounced /ʎi ˈspekki/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo specchio nuovo è caduto e si è rotto in mille pezzi.

The new mirror fell and broke into a thousand pieces.

Quello specchio antico era molto prezioso per la famiglia.

That ancient mirror was very precious to the family.

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Why is it masculine?

Specchi is masculine because it derives from Latin "speculum," which was neuter in classical Latin but became masculine in Italian during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin, following the general trend where many neuter Latin nouns shifted to masculine gender in Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for mirrors?

The Italian word for mirrors is gli specchi — masculine.

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