🇮🇹 Italian

volumi

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masculine

i volumi

volumes

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volumi
/i voˈluːmi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say volumi in Italian?

IPA
/i voˈluːmi/

How do you pronounce volumi in Italian?

volumi is pronounced /i voˈluːmi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il volume grande sulla scrivania è il dizionario italiano più completo.

The large volume on the desk is the most complete Italian dictionary.

Ho acquistato un volume antico e raro per la mia collezione personale.

I purchased an ancient and rare volume for my personal collection.

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Why is it masculine?

Volumi is masculine in Italian (il volume) because it derives from Latin "volumen," which was neuter in classical Latin. During the Romance language evolution, Latin neuter nouns were redistributed between masculine and feminine genders. The word "volumen" became masculine in Italian, following the pattern where many Latin neuter nouns ending in -men/-en shifted to the masculine gender as the neuter gender system collapsed.

What is the Italian word for volumes?

The Italian word for volumes is i volumi — masculine.

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