🇮🇹 Italian

facce

feminine

le facce

faces

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facce
/le ˈfattʃe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say facce in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈfattʃe/

How do you pronounce facce in Italian?

facce is pronounced /le ˈfattʃe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La faccia rossa della bambina mi preoccupava perché aveva la febbre.

The red face of the little girl worried me because she had a fever.

Quella faccia sporca non mi piace; la ragazza dovrebbe lavarsi subito.

That dirty face doesn't please me; the girl should wash herself immediately.

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Why is it feminine?

Facce is feminine because it derives from the Latin "facia" (from "facies"), which was feminine in Latin and retained that gender in Italian. The feminine ending "-a" in Italian typically corresponds to feminine nouns descended from Latin words ending in "-a."

What is the Italian word for faces?

The Italian word for faces is le facce — feminine.

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