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How do you say fame in Italian?
How do you pronounce fame in Italian?
fame is pronounced /la ˈfaːme/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La fame terribile che colpì il paese nel 1944 causò sofferenze immense.
The terrible hunger that struck the country in 1944 caused immense suffering. (The feminine adjective 'terribile' and article 'la' must agree with the feminine noun 'fame')
Una fame acuta e persistente caratterizzava i giorni difficili della guerra.
An acute and persistent hunger characterized the difficult days of the war. (Both 'una' and the adjectives 'acuta' and 'persistente' must take feminine forms to agree with 'fame')
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Why is it feminine?
Fame (hunger) is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "fames," which was feminine in the original language, following the pattern of first-declension Latin nouns ending in -es that became feminine in Romance languages. This gender assignment was inherited directly from Latin rather than following a productive modern rule.
What is the Italian word for hunger?
The Italian word for hunger is la fame — feminine.
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