🇮🇹 Italian

fortuna

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feminine

la fortuna

luck

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fortuna
/la forˈtuːna/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fortuna in Italian?

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/la forˈtuːna/

How do you pronounce fortuna in Italian?

fortuna is pronounced /la forˈtuːna/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La fortuna è stata molto generosa con lei questo anno.

Fortune has been very generous with her this year.

Quella fortuna incredibile le ha permesso di vincere la lotteria.

That incredible fortune allowed her to win the lottery.

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Why is it feminine?

Fortuna is feminine in Italian because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "fortūna," which was personified as the Roman goddess of fortune and fate, and this grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The Latin feminine ending "-a" typically marked first-declension nouns, establishing a pattern that Italian maintained for this word.

What is the Italian word for luck?

The Italian word for luck is la fortuna — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchancelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishsuertelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesorteafeminine

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