🇮🇹 Italian

vini

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masculine

i vini

wines

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vini
/i ˈviːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vini in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈviːni/

How do you pronounce vini in Italian?

vini is pronounced /i ˈviːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il vino rosso italiano è molto famoso nel mondo.

The red Italian wine is very famous in the world.

Questo vino bianco è eccellente, lo consiglio vivamente.

This white wine is excellent, I highly recommend it.

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Why is it masculine?

Vini is masculine because it descends from Latin "vinum," which was a neuter noun. However, in the evolution from Latin to Italian, most Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" shifted to masculine gender. The word "vino" reflects this common sound change and gender shift, where the neuter "-um" ending became the masculine "-o" ending in Italian.

What is the Italian word for wines?

The Italian word for wines is i vini — masculine.

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