🇮🇹 Italian

famiglie

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feminine

le famiglie

families

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famiglie
/le faˈmiʎʎe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say famiglie in Italian?

IPA
/le faˈmiʎʎe/

How do you pronounce famiglie in Italian?

famiglie is pronounced /le faˈmiʎʎe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La famiglia italiana è molto unita e tradizionale.

The Italian family is very united and traditional.

La mia famiglia allargata comprende anche i cugini e gli zii.

My extended family also includes cousins and uncles.

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Why is it feminine?

Famiglie is feminine because it derives from Latin "familia," which was feminine in gender, ultimately tracing back to the Latin root "famulus" (servant), though the semantic shift to mean a household or family unit occurred in Latin itself. The feminine grammatical gender persisted as the word evolved through Romance languages into Italian.

What is the Italian word for families?

The Italian word for families is le famiglie — feminine.

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