🇮🇹 Italian

carote

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feminine

le carote

carrots

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carote
/le kaˈrɔːte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say carote in Italian?

IPA
/le kaˈrɔːte/

How do you pronounce carote in Italian?

carote is pronounced /le kaˈrɔːte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La carota arancione è più dolce della carota bianca.

The orange carrot is sweeter than the white carrot.

Quella carota fresca che ho comprato ieri era davvero buona.

That fresh carrot that I bought yesterday was really good.

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Why is it feminine?

Carote is feminine because it derives from Latin "carota," which was itself borrowed from Greek "karōton" and retained the feminine grammatical gender of the Latin noun; most Italian nouns ending in "-a" are feminine, following the pattern of Latin first-declension nouns.

What is the Italian word for carrots?

The Italian word for carrots is le carote — feminine.

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