Legni

Legni is the Italian plural of legno, the word for wood or timber. In Italian, legni denotes finished or raw wood used in construction, carpentry, furniture making, and related crafts, as well as the individual timbers or planks themselves. The term appears in both everyday speech and technical contexts, for example “i legni della casa” (the house’s timbers) or “legni di quercia” (oak timbers).

Historically, legni have played a central role in shipbuilding, construction, and furniture production, where the properties of different woods—such as strength, grain, and workability—determine their use. In Italian architectural and historical texts, legni may appear as a design or material category.

In English-language writing, legni is usually encountered as a loanword from Italian within discussions of language, design, or cultural history, rather than as a general English term. It should be distinguished from related Italian terms like legno (the material wood in general) and legna (firewood or wood used for fuel, in everyday speech).

See also: Legno; Legna.