🇮🇹 Italian

emicrania

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feminine

l' emicrania

migraine

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emicrania
/lemiˈkraːnja/
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How do you say emicrania in Italian?

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/lemiˈkraːnja/

How do you pronounce emicrania in Italian?

emicrania is pronounced /lemiˈkraːnja/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La emicrania terribile mi ha impedito di lavorare tutta la giornata.

The terrible migraine prevented me from working all day long.

Questa emicrania persistente è la peggiore che abbia mai avuto.

This persistent migraine is the worst one I've ever had.

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Why is it feminine?

Emicrania is feminine in Italian because it derives from Late Latin *hemicranium*, which was reanalyzed as a feminine noun ending in *-ia* (hemicran-ia). In Italian, nouns ending in *-ia* are typically feminine, a pattern inherited from Latin where *-ia* endings marked feminine gender. This feminine form became standard for the medical term in Italian.

What is the Italian word for migraine?

The Italian word for migraine is l' emicrania — feminine.

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