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le formiche
ants
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How do you say formiche in Italian?
How do you pronounce formiche in Italian?
formiche is pronounced /le forˈmiːke/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La formica rossa ha costruito un nido grandissimo nel nostro giardino.
The red ant built a very large nest in our garden.
Quella formica operaia è incredibilmente forte e laboriousa.
That worker ant is incredibly strong and hardworking.
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Why is it feminine?
Formiche is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin *formica*, which was feminine in Latin due to the first declension (-a ending) classification system where most -a nouns were grammatically feminine. This gender assignment carried directly into Romance languages like Italian.
What is the Italian word for ants?
The Italian word for ants is le formiche — feminine.
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