🇮🇹 Italian

bandiere

feminine

le bandiere

flags

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bandiere
/le banˈdjɛːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bandiere in Italian?

IPA
/le banˈdjɛːre/

How do you pronounce bandiere in Italian?

bandiere is pronounced /le banˈdjɛːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La bandiera italiana è rossa, bianca e verde.

The Italian flag is red, white, and green.

Quella bandiera antica era molto bella e preziosa.

That ancient flag was very beautiful and precious.

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Why is it feminine?

Bandiere is feminine because it derives from the Late Latin "banderia," which maintained the feminine gender of its root through the regular evolution of Latin -ia endings into Italian feminine nouns ending in -a. The word originally referred to a military company under a banner, preserving its grammatical gender through centuries of linguistic change.

What is the Italian word for flags?

The Italian word for flags is le bandiere — feminine.

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