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le bilance
scales
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How do you say bilance in Italian?
How do you pronounce bilance in Italian?
bilance is pronounced /le biˈlantʃe/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La bilancia nuova che ho comprato è molto precisa.
The new scale that I bought is very accurate.
Questa bilancia antica appartiene a mia nonna ed è ancora funzionante.
This ancient scale belongs to my grandmother and still works.
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Why is it feminine?
Bilance is feminine because it derives from Latin "bilanx" (a scale with two pans), which followed the feminine gender pattern of Latin second-declension nouns ending in -x. In Italian, the feminine -a ending is the standard reflex of the Latin feminine nominative singular form, making "bilancia" naturally feminine. The word's gender is reinforced by Italian's consistent gendering of measurement and weighing instruments as feminine.
What is the Italian word for scales?
The Italian word for scales is le bilance — feminine.
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