🇮🇹 Italian

udito

masculine

l' udito

hearing

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udito
/luˈdiːto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say udito in Italian?

IPA
/luˈdiːto/

How do you pronounce udito in Italian?

udito is pronounced /luˈdiːto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo udito acuto del cane gli permette di sentire suoni che gli umani non possono percepire.

The dog's acute hearing allows it to hear sounds that humans cannot perceive.

Il medico ha esaminato lo udito del paziente con un nuovo audiometro molto preciso.

The doctor examined the patient's hearing with a very precise new audiometer.

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Why is it masculine?

Udito (hearing) is masculine because it derives from the Latin "auditus," the past participle of "audire" (to hear), which carried masculine gender in its noun form referring to the sense of hearing. Latin past participles used as nouns typically retained the gender of their Latin predecessors, making masculine forms like this one standard in Italian.

What is the Italian word for hearing?

The Italian word for hearing is l' udito — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portugueseouvidoomasculine

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