🇮🇹 Italian

vetro

masculine

il vetro

glass

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vetro
/il ˈveːtro/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vetro in Italian?

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/il ˈveːtro/

How do you pronounce vetro in Italian?

vetro is pronounced /il ˈveːtro/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il vetro trasparente della finestra si è rotto durante la tempesta.

The transparent glass of the window broke during the storm.

Ho comprato un vetro nuovo per sostituire quello vecchio della porta.

I bought a new glass pane to replace the old one of the door.

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Why is it masculine?

Vetro (glass) is masculine because it derives from Latin "vitrum," which was a masculine noun of the second declension, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender. The word's gender remained stable through the Romance language evolution from Latin.

What is the Italian word for glass?

The Italian word for glass is il vetro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchverrelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishvidrioelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevidroomasculine

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