🇮🇹 italiano

tomba

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feminine

la tomba

tomb

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tomba
/la ˈtomba/
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Come si dice tomba in italiano?

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/la ˈtomba/

How do you pronounce tomba in italiano?

tomba is pronounced /la ˈtomba/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

La tomba antica era decorata con sculture bellissime che raccontavano la storia della famiglia.

The ancient tomb was decorated with beautiful sculptures that told the family's story.

Quella tomba egiziana è stata scoperta durante gli scavi archeologici recenti.

That Egyptian tomb was discovered during recent archaeological excavations.

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Perché è feminine?

Tomba is feminine because it derives from Latin "tumba," which was itself borrowed from Greek "τύμβος" (tymbos) and was feminine in Latin, following the -a ending pattern typical of first-declension feminine nouns. This feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Italian.

Come si dice tomb in italiano?

In italiano, tomb si dice la tomba — feminine.

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