🇮🇹 italien

salvie

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feminine

le salvie

sages

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salvie
/le ˈsalvje/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on salvie en italien ?

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/le ˈsalvje/

How do you pronounce salvie in italien?

salvie is pronounced /le ˈsalvje/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

La salvia fresca che ho comprato al mercato è molto profumata.

The fresh sage that I bought at the market is very fragrant.

Questa salvia selvatica è più aromatica di quella coltivata.

This wild sage is more aromatic than the cultivated one.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Salvie is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin *salvia*, which was feminine due to its origin as a nominalized adjective from *salvus* (safe/healthy)—the plant was named for its purported healing properties, and the feminine form *salva* became the noun for the herb itself. This follows the common pattern where Latin feminine adjectives used as plant names retained their feminine gender in Romance languages.

Comment dit-on sages en italien ?

En italien, sages se dit le salvie — feminine.

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