🇮🇹 Italian

villaggio

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masculine

il villaggio

village

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villaggio
/il vilˈladdʒo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say villaggio in Italian?

IPA
/il vilˈladdʒo/

How do you pronounce villaggio in Italian?

villaggio is pronounced /il vilˈladdʒo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il villaggio antico era circondato da mura di pietra.

The ancient village was surrounded by stone walls.

Abbiamo visitato un villaggio pittoresco situato in montagna.

We visited a picturesque village located in the mountains.

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Why is it masculine?

Villaggio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "villāticum" (an adjective form related to "villa"), and Italian nouns ending in "-aggio" are typically masculine due to this Latin masculine suffix pattern. The "-aggio" suffix itself comes from Latin "-āticum" and consistently produces masculine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for village?

The Italian word for village is il villaggio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvillagelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishaldea flips!lafeminine

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