🇮🇹 Italian

cassette

feminine

le cassette

small boxes

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cassette
/le kasˈsette/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cassette in Italian?

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/le kasˈsette/

How do you pronounce cassette in Italian?

cassette is pronounced /le kasˈsette/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cassetta postale rossa è piena di lettere importanti.

The red mailbox is full of important letters.

Ho trovato una cassetta antica nascosta in soffitta.

I found an old chest hidden in the attic.

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Why is it feminine?

Cassette is feminine because it derives from the Latin "casseta," the diminutive form of "cassa" (box/case), which inherited the feminine gender of its parent noun; diminutives in Latin typically preserved the gender of their base word, and this pattern carried through to Italian.

What is the Italian word for small boxes?

The Italian word for small boxes is le cassette — feminine.

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