🇮🇹 Italian

distanze

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feminine

le distanze

distances

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distanze
/le disˈtantse/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say distanze in Italian?

IPA
/le disˈtantse/

How do you pronounce distanze in Italian?

distanze is pronounced /le disˈtantse/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La distanza grande tra le due città rende il viaggio molto difficile.

The great distance between the two cities makes the trip very difficult.

Quella distanza era troppo lunga per percorrerla a piedi.

That distance was too long to cover on foot.

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Why is it feminine?

Distanze is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "distantia," which inherited the feminine gender from its root "distans" (the present participle of "distare," meaning "to stand apart"). Latin nouns ending in "-antia" were typically feminine, a pattern that carried through to Romance languages like Italian.

What is the Italian word for distances?

The Italian word for distances is le distanze — feminine.

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