🇮🇹 Italian

correzione

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feminine

la correzione

correction

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correzione
/la korretˈtsjoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say correzione in Italian?

IPA
/la korretˈtsjoːne/

How do you pronounce correzione in Italian?

correzione is pronounced /la korretˈtsjoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La correzione grammaticale è stata molto utile per migliorare il mio italiano.

The grammatical correction was very useful for improving my Italian.

L'insegnante ha scritto una correzione dettagliata sul mio compito sbagliato.

The teacher wrote a detailed correction on my incorrect assignment.

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Why is it feminine?

Correzione is feminine because it derives from Latin "correctio" (nominative), which belonged to the third declension feminine nouns ending in "-tio"—a productive suffix that consistently produced feminine nouns in Latin and carried that gender into Italian. This "-tion/-zione" ending remains reliably feminine in modern Italian.

What is the Italian word for correction?

The Italian word for correction is la correzione — feminine.

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