🇮🇹 Italian

strumenti

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masculine

gli strumenti

instruments

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strumenti
/ʎi struˈmenti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say strumenti in Italian?

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/ʎi struˈmenti/

How do you pronounce strumenti in Italian?

strumenti is pronounced /ʎi struˈmenti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo strumento musicale nuovo è molto costoso.

The new musical instrument is very expensive.

Questo strumento chirurgico è stato sterilizzato correttamente.

This surgical instrument has been sterilized correctly.

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Why is it masculine?

Strumenti is masculine because it derives from Latin "strumentum," which was a neuter noun. In Italian, Latin neuter nouns ending in -um typically became masculine nouns ending in -o, following the regular sound changes and gender shifts that occurred in the development of Romance languages from Latin.

What is the Italian word for instruments?

The Italian word for instruments is gli strumenti — masculine.

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