🇮🇹 Italian

galassia

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feminine

la galassia

galaxy

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galassia
/la ɡaˈlassja/
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How do you say galassia in Italian?

IPA
/la ɡaˈlassja/

How do you pronounce galassia in Italian?

galassia is pronounced /la ɡaˈlassja/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La galassia più vicina a noi è Andromeda, che è straordinariamente bella.

The nearest galaxy to us is Andromeda, which is extraordinarily beautiful.

Quella galassia lontana contiene miliardi di stelle ed è affascinante da osservare.

That distant galaxy contains billions of stars and is fascinating to observe.

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Why is it feminine?

Galassia is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "galaxia" (from Greek "galaxías [kýklos]," literally "milky [circle]"), which referred to the Milky Way and retained its feminine grammatical gender through the Romance languages. The feminine ending "-ia" in Italian also reinforced this gender assignment.

What is the Italian word for galaxy?

The Italian word for galaxy is la galassia — feminine.

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