🇮🇹 Italian

idee

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feminine

le idee

ideas

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idee
/le iˈdɛːe/
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How do you say idee in Italian?

IPA
/le iˈdɛːe/

How do you pronounce idee in Italian?

idee is pronounced /le iˈdɛːe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mia idea brillante ha risolto il problema difficile.

My brilliant idea solved the difficult problem.

Quella idea originale era troppo complicata per essere realizzata.

That original idea was too complicated to be realized.

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Why is it feminine?

Idee is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin *idea*, which was feminine (borrowed from Greek *idéa*), and Italian retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor along with the -a ending that typically marks feminine nouns. The Greek root reflected the word's philosophical meaning of a mental form or appearance, and this gender assignment simply persisted through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for ideas?

The Italian word for ideas is le idee — feminine.

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