decimali
The Italian word for "decimals" is decimali.
decimali refers to numbers that use a point to show values smaller than one.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form is decimale, while the plural form decimali is used when referring to multiple decimal numbers or decimal places.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly use a point for decimals in Italian, but in Italian, a comma is used to separate the integer part from the decimal part.
Did you know?
- The word decimale shares the same Latin root as the English word 'decimate', which originally meant to remove one tenth of a group.
- In Italy, the point is not used for 'decimals' but instead acts as a thousands separator, so 1.000 means one thousand and not one.
- While decimali refers to the numbers, the act of rounding a decimal is called arrotondare, which literally means 'to make round'.
Examples in context
- Non riesco a leggere questi decimali.I can't read these decimals.
- Dobbiamo arrotondare i decimali finali.We need to round the final decimals.
Example conversation
Francesco and Giulia are looking at a math report.
- FrancescoGiulia, quanti decimali ci sono qui?Giulia, how many decimals are there here?
- GiuliaCe ne sono tre, Francesco.There are three of them, Francesco.
- FrancescoSono troppi decimali per questo progetto.These are too many decimals for this project.
- GiuliaAllora li arrotonderemo subito.Then we will round them immediately.
