🇮🇹 Italian

coppia

feminine

la coppia

couple

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coppia
/la ˈkɔppja/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say coppia in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈkɔppja/

How do you pronounce coppia in Italian?

coppia is pronounced /la ˈkɔppja/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La coppia italiana è molto affiatata e felice insieme.

The Italian couple is very well-matched and happy together.

Quella coppia sposata da trent'anni rimane ancora innamorata e complice.

That married couple together for thirty years remains still in love and complicit with each other.

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Why is it feminine?

Coppia is feminine because it derives from the Latin "copula" (feminine noun meaning "bond" or "link"), which followed the first declension pattern typical of feminine nouns ending in -a in Italian. The semantic shift from "bond/connection" to "pair/couple" preserved the feminine gender through Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for couple?

The Italian word for couple is la coppia — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishparejalafeminine

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