🇵🇹 Portuguese

volumes

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os volumes

volumes

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volumes
/us voˈlumis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say volumes in Portuguese?

IPA
/us voˈlumis/

How do you pronounce volumes in Portuguese?

volumes is pronounced /us voˈlumis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O volume grande da caixa dificultou o transporte.

The large volume of the box made transportation difficult.

Este volume antigo contém histórias fascinantes.

This old volume contains fascinating stories.

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Why is it masculine?

Volumes is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin *volūmen*, which was a neuter noun in classical Latin but followed the pattern of other Latin neuter words ending in *-men* that became masculine in Romance languages when the neuter gender collapsed. This shift occurred because Portuguese speakers reanalyzed these words according to the masculine gender system that replaced Latin's three-gender structure.

What is the Portuguese word for volumes?

The Portuguese word for volumes is os volumes — masculine.

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