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la biblioteca
library
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How do you say biblioteca in Italian?
How do you pronounce biblioteca in Italian?
biblioteca is pronounced /la bibljoˈtɛːka/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La biblioteca municipale è stata completamente rinnovata questo anno.
The municipal library has been completely renovated this year.
Quella biblioteca antica contiene libri rarissimi e preziosi.
That ancient library contains very rare and precious books.
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Why is it feminine?
Biblioteca is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "bibliotheca," which was itself borrowed from Greek "bibliothéke" (βιβλιοθήκη)—a compound of "biblion" (book) and "theke" (case/repository)—and Latin nouns ending in "-theca" are grammatically feminine. The feminine gender persisted when the word was adopted into Italian's Romance language framework.
What is the Italian word for library?
The Italian word for library is la biblioteca — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | bibliothèque | la | feminine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | biblioteca | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | biblioteca | a | feminine |
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