🇮🇹 Italian

vaccino

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masculine

il vaccino

vaccine

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vaccino
/il vatˈtʃiːno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vaccino in Italian?

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/il vatˈtʃiːno/

How do you pronounce vaccino in Italian?

vaccino is pronounced /il vatˈtʃiːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il vaccino nuovo è stato approvato rapidamente dalle autorità sanitarie.

The new vaccine was approved quickly by the health authorities.

Questo vaccino italiano è considerato molto efficace e sicuro per i pazienti.

This Italian vaccine is considered very effective and safe for patients.

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Why is it masculine?

Vaccino is masculine because it is an Italian noun formed from the Latin adjective "vaccinus" (meaning "of or from a cow"). In Italian, when Latin adjectives are nominalized to create nouns, they typically adopt the gender of their Latin form. "Vaccinus" in the masculine form became the Italian masculine noun "vaccino," which is the standard term for vaccine.

What is the Italian word for vaccine?

The Italian word for vaccine is il vaccino — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvaccinlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishvacuna flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevacina flips!afeminine

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