🇮🇹 Italian

arancia

feminine

l' arancia

orange

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arancia
/laˈrantʃa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say arancia in Italian?

IPA
/laˈrantʃa/

How do you pronounce arancia in Italian?

arancia is pronounced /laˈrantʃa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La arancia fresca che ho comprato stamattina è molto dolce.

The fresh orange that I bought this morning is very sweet.

Quella arancia matura è caduta dall'albero ed è rovinata.

That ripe orange fell from the tree and got ruined.

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Why is it feminine?

Arancia is feminine because it derives from Latin "aurantia," which was itself feminine, likely influenced by the Arabic "nāranj" through medieval trade routes; the -ia ending in Italian typically signals feminine nouns, preserving the gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for orange?

The Italian word for orange is l' arancia — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchorangel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishnaranjalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueselaranjaafeminine

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