🇮🇹 Italian

gruccia

feminine

la gruccia

hanger

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gruccia
/la ˈɡruttʃa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say gruccia in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈɡruttʃa/

How do you pronounce gruccia in Italian?

gruccia is pronounced /la ˈɡruttʃa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La gruccia nuova che ho comprato è molto robusta e non si piega facilmente.

The new hanger that I bought is very sturdy and doesn't bend easily.

Quella gruccia di legno è più elegante della gruccia di plastica rotta.

That wooden hanger is more elegant than the broken plastic hanger.

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Why is it feminine?

Gruccia is feminine because it ends in -a, which is the standard feminine ending for Italian nouns. The word derives from Latin "crucia" (meaning a forked support or crutch), and like many Latin first declension nouns ending in -a, it retained the feminine gender when it evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for hanger?

The Italian word for hanger is la gruccia — feminine.

Gender across languages

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