🇮🇹 Italian

galassie

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feminine

le galassie

galaxies

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galassie
/le ɡaˈlassje/
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How do you say galassie in Italian?

IPA
/le ɡaˈlassje/

How do you pronounce galassie in Italian?

galassie is pronounced /le ɡaˈlassje/ 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?

Galassie 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 galaxies?

The Italian word for galaxies is le galassie — feminine.

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