Meaning
oven
- bakery
In a sentence
La pizza è ancora nel forno.
The pizza is still in the oven.
Hai già acceso il forno per la torta?
Have you already turned on the oven for the cake?
Prendo il pane caldo al forno sotto casa.
I get warm bread at the bakery downstairs.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| forno | masculine · singular |
| forni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use in for phrases like cotto al forno. For a stove or burners, say fornello or cucina, not forno.
- For a bakery shop, forno is common in central Italy; elsewhere panetteria is often more natural.
- With articles and prepositions: nel forno, al forno, in forno. Learners often overuse a + forno.