🇮🇹 italiano

persone

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

le persone

people

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persone
/le perˈsoːne/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice persone in italiano?

AFI
/le perˈsoːne/

How do you pronounce persone in italiano?

persone is pronounced /le perˈsoːne/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

La persona intelligente ha risolto il problema velocemente.

The intelligent woman/person solved the problem quickly. (feminine adjective 'intelligente' agrees with 'persona')

Quella persona generosa ha donato tutto il suo denaro in beneficenza.

That generous woman/person donated all her money to charity. (feminine adjective 'generosa' and feminine demonstrative 'quella' agree with 'persona')

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Perché è feminine?

Persone is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "persōna," which was grammatically feminine in that language, and Italian inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. The Latin etymology likely traces to Etruscan origins, though the exact semantic path from its early meanings (mask, character in a play) to "person" remains debated by scholars.

Come si dice people in italiano?

In italiano, people si dice le persone — feminine.

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