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la cenere
ash
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How do you say cenere in Italian?
How do you pronounce cenere in Italian?
cenere is pronounced /la ˈtʃeːnere/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La cenere grigia si è depositata su tutte le superfici dopo l'eruzione vulcanica.
The gray ash deposited itself on all surfaces after the volcanic eruption.
Quella cenere antica era molto preziosa per gli archeologi che l'hanno studiata.
That ancient ash was very precious to the archaeologists who studied it.
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Why is it feminine?
Cenere is feminine because it descends from Latin "cinis" (ash), which belonged to the third declension and had feminine gender, a classification that Italian preserved through sound changes that obscured the original Latin form. The feminine gender stuck despite the word's modern appearance being quite different from its Latin ancestor.
What is the Italian word for ash?
The Italian word for ash is la cenere — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | ceniza | la | feminine |
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