🇮🇹 Italian

telescopio

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masculine

il telescopio

telescope

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telescopio
/il teleˈskɔːpjo/
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How do you say telescopio in Italian?

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/il teleˈskɔːpjo/

How do you pronounce telescopio in Italian?

telescopio is pronounced /il teleˈskɔːpjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il telescopio nuovo che abbiamo acquistato è molto potente e ci permette di osservare le galassie lontane.

The new telescope that we bought is very powerful and allows us to observe distant galaxies.

Questo telescopio antico apparteneva a un astronomo famoso, ed è ancora funzionante dopo cento anni.

This old telescope belonged to a famous astronomer, and it is still functional after one hundred years.

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Why is it masculine?

Telescopio is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Greek-derived scientific term "telescopium," which follows the pattern of masculine nouns ending in -io in Italian (like "radio," "studio," and "principio"), a pattern inherited from Latin second-declension nouns.

What is the Italian word for telescope?

The Italian word for telescope is il telescopio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishtelescopioelmasculine

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