🇮🇹 Italian

frase

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feminine

la frase

sentence

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frase
/la ˈfraːze/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say frase in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈfraːze/

How do you pronounce frase in Italian?

frase is pronounced /la ˈfraːze/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La frase italiana è molto lunga e complicata.

The Italian sentence is very long and complicated.

Questa frase famosa è stata scritta da Dante Alighieri.

This famous sentence was written by Dante Alighieri.

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Why is it feminine?

Frase is feminine because it derives from Latin "phrasis," which belongs to the third declension and was treated as feminine in Medieval Latin, a gender assignment that carried over into Italian. This Greek-origin word (from "phrasis" meaning "speech" or "diction") maintained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for sentence?

The Italian word for sentence is la frase — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishsentencialafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefraseafeminine

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