aquile
le aquile
eagles
Try it
How do you say aquile in Italian?
How do you pronounce aquile in Italian?
aquile is pronounced /le ˈakwile/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La aquila reale è più grande della aquila comune.
The royal eagle is larger than the common eagle.
L'aquila maestosa ha costruito il suo nido sulla montagna più alta.
The majestic eagle built her nest on the highest mountain.
Swipe aquile in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.
Why is it feminine?
Aquile is feminine in Italian because it inherited the feminine grammatical gender from Latin *aquila*, which was feminine despite the -a ending not being a reliable gender indicator in Latin (unlike in Romance languages where -a typically signals feminine nouns). The Latin feminine gender likely stemmed from the word's Indo-European roots and was maintained through the evolution into Italian.
What is the Italian word for eagles?
The Italian word for eagles is le aquile — feminine.
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.