🇮🇹 Italian

abitudine

feminine

l' abitudine

habit

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abitudine
/labiˈtuːdine/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say abitudine in Italian?

IPA
/labiˈtuːdine/

How do you pronounce abitudine in Italian?

abitudine is pronounced /labiˈtuːdine/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mia abitudine preferita è leggere un libro prima di dormire.

My favorite habit is reading a book before sleeping.

Questa cattiva abitudine è diventata molto difficile da eliminare.

This bad habit has become very difficult to eliminate.

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Why is it feminine?

Abitudine is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "habitudo" (from "habitus"), and Italian retained the feminine gender of its Latin source. The "-udo" suffix in Latin typically produced feminine nouns, a pattern that carried over into Romance languages through the regular feminine ending "-udine" in Italian.

What is the Italian word for habit?

The Italian word for habit is l' abitudine — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchhabitudel'feminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesehábito flips!omasculine

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