🇮🇹 Italian

cravatte

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feminine

le cravatte

ties

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cravatte
/le kraˈvatte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cravatte in Italian?

IPA
/le kraˈvatte/

How do you pronounce cravatte in Italian?

cravatte is pronounced /le kraˈvatte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cravatta rossa che ho comprato ieri è molto elegante e costosa.

The red tie that I bought yesterday is very elegant and expensive.

Quella cravatta blu è troppo stretta per il collo di mio padre.

That blue tie is too tight for my father's neck.

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Why is it feminine?

Cravatte is feminine because it derives from "Croazia" (Croatia), with the suffix "-atta" being typically feminine in Italian; the word originally referred to the Croatian-style neckwear that became fashionable in 17th-century Europe. Like many Italian nouns ending in "-atta," it follows the feminine gender convention of that productive suffix.

What is the Italian word for ties?

The Italian word for ties is le cravatte — feminine.

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