🇮🇹 Italian

strumento

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masculine

lo strumento

instrument

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strumento
/lo struˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say strumento in Italian?

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/lo struˈmento/

How do you pronounce strumento in Italian?

strumento is pronounced /lo struˈmento/ 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?

Strumento 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 instrument?

The Italian word for instrument is lo strumento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchinstrumentl'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishinstrumentoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseinstrumentoomasculine

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