🇮🇹 Italian

lampade

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feminine

le lampade

lamps

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lampade
/le ˈlampade/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lampade in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈlampade/

How do you pronounce lampade in Italian?

lampade is pronounced /le ˈlampade/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La lampada rossa è molto bella e illumina perfettamente la mia camera.

The red lamp is very beautiful and illuminates my room perfectly.

Quella lampada antica era già accesa quando sono arrivato a casa.

That antique lamp was already on when I arrived home.

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Why is it feminine?

Lampade is feminine because it derives from Latin "lampas" (a torch or lamp). In Latin, "lampas" was a third declension noun that was feminine, and Italian preserved this feminine gender when adopting the word. The Latin "lampas" itself derives from Greek "lampas" (λαμπάς), which was also feminine.

What is the Italian word for lamps?

The Italian word for lamps is le lampade — feminine.

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