🇮🇹 italien

patate

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feminine

le patate

potatoes

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patate
/le paˈtaːte/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on patate en italien ?

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/le paˈtaːte/

How do you pronounce patate in italien?

patate is pronounced /le paˈtaːte/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

La patata dolce è più nutriente della patata bianca.

The sweet potato is more nutritious than the white potato.

Quella patata grande e rossa è perfetta per fare un purè cremoso.

That big red potato is perfect for making a creamy mash.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Patate is feminine in Italian because it derives from Spanish "patata," which came from Taíno (an indigenous Caribbean language) "batata," and this word retained feminine gender when adopted into Italian, likely influenced by the feminine ending "-a" that already characterized many Italian nouns. The gender assignment was essentially arbitrary once the word entered Italian, following the common pattern where "-a" ending words are typically feminine.

Comment dit-on potatoes en italien ?

En italien, potatoes se dit le patate — feminine.

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