🇮🇹 Italian

lettere

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feminine

le lettere

letters

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lettere
/le ˈlɛttere/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lettere in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈlɛttere/

How do you pronounce lettere in Italian?

lettere is pronounced /le ˈlɛttere/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La lettera importante è arrivata oggi.

The important letter arrived today.

Ho ricevuto una lettera bellissima da mia nonna.

I received a very beautiful letter from my grandmother.

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Why is it feminine?

Lettere is feminine because it derives from Latin "littera" (a letter or character), which was feminine in gender, and Italian inherited this gender classification when the word evolved phonetically. The Latin feminine gender was preserved through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin into Italian, including the retention of the -a ending that typically marks feminine nouns.

What is the Italian word for letters?

The Italian word for letters is le lettere — feminine.

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