🇮🇹 Italian

voti

masculine

i voti

grades

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voti
/i ˈvoːti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say voti in Italian?

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/i ˈvoːti/

How do you pronounce voti in Italian?

voti is pronounced /i ˈvoːti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il voto decisivo è stato quello del sindaco, che ha scelto di sostenere il progetto nuovo.

The decisive vote was that of the mayor, who chose to support the new project.

Ho ricevuto un voto eccellente nell'ultimo esame, il quale mi ha permesso di laurearmi con lode.

I received an excellent grade on my last exam, which allowed me to graduate with honors.

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Why is it masculine?

Voti is masculine. It derives from Latin "votum" (a vow or wish), which was a neuter noun in Latin. However, the word's primary meaning in modern Italian is "grade" or "vote" (as in a mark given for academic work or a ballot cast). While the etymology from Latin "votum" is correct, the gender assignment to masculine in Italian is not explained by a general neuter-to-masculine shift. Instead, "voto" is masculine simply because it followed the pattern of many Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" that became masculine in Italian (e.g., "murum" > "muro"). The masculine gender is a regular phonetic and morphological development from Latin neuter nouns rather than an exceptional adoption.

What is the Italian word for grades?

The Italian word for grades is i voti — masculine.

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