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How do you say cometa in Italian?
How do you pronounce cometa in Italian?
cometa is pronounced /la koˈmɛːta/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La cometa brillante apparve nel cielo notturno e affascinò tutti gli astronomi.
The bright comet appeared in the night sky and fascinated all the astronomers.
Quella cometa storica fu osservata da molte generazioni di scienziati curiosi.
That historic comet was observed by many generations of curious scientists.
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Why is it feminine?
Cometa is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "cometa," which was already feminine, ultimately from Greek "kometes" (long-haired), used as a noun for the celestial phenomenon. Like many Italian nouns ending in -a, it retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor.
What is the Italian word for comet?
The Italian word for comet is la cometa — feminine.
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