🇮🇹 Italian

generazione

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feminine

la generazione

generation

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generazione
/la dʒeneratˈtsjoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say generazione in Italian?

IPA
/la dʒeneratˈtsjoːne/

How do you pronounce generazione in Italian?

generazione is pronounced /la dʒeneratˈtsjoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La generazione più giovane è completamente digitalizzata.

The youngest generation (feminine) is completely digitalized.

Quella generazione passata ha costruito una società nuova e più giusta.

That past generation (feminine) built a new and more just society.

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Why is it feminine?

Generazione is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "generatio" (nominative singular), which belonged to the third declension feminine gender class, a pattern consistently maintained in Romance languages where Latin third-declension nouns ending in "-tio" became feminine nouns ending in "-zione" in Italian.

What is the Italian word for generation?

The Italian word for generation is la generazione — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesegeraçãoafeminine

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