🇮🇹 Italian

volo

masculine

il volo

flight

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volo
/il ˈvoːlo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say volo in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈvoːlo/

How do you pronounce volo in Italian?

volo is pronounced /il ˈvoːlo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il volo diretto da Roma a Milano è molto comodo.

The direct flight from Rome to Milan is very comfortable.

Quel volo internazionale è stato cancellato a causa del maltempo.

That international flight was cancelled due to bad weather.

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Why is it masculine?

Volo is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "volatus" (the past participle of "volare," meaning "to fly"), which carries masculine gender. Italian retained this masculine gender from Latin during its evolution from Vulgar Latin. The -o ending in Italian typically indicates masculine gender for nouns derived from Latin masculine forms.

What is the Italian word for flight?

The Italian word for flight is il volo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvollemasculine

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