Noun: paio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: pà‧io
| Singular m | paio |
| Plural f | paia |
Sample Sentences
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il secondo paio di nervi cranici (the second pair of cranial nerves)
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tre paia di calzini (three pairs of socks)
Etymology
Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (“even, equal”, neuter plural of pār). Cognate with Sicilian paru. See: Latin Nouns '
paria'.
Verbs referencing "paio"
English Nouns
pair.
Translations