🇮🇹 Italian

frasi

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feminine

le frasi

sentences

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frasi
/le ˈfraːzi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say frasi in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈfraːzi/

How do you pronounce frasi in Italian?

frasi is pronounced /le ˈfraːzi/ 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?

Frasi 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 sentences?

The Italian word for sentences is le frasi — feminine.

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