madre
la madre
mother
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How do you say madre in Italian?
How do you pronounce madre in Italian?
madre is pronounced /la ˈmaːdre/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La madre italiana è molto orgogliosa della sua famiglia.
The Italian mother is very proud of her family.
Mia madre è stanca dopo una lunga giornata di lavoro.
My mother is tired after a long day of work.
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Why is it feminine?
Madre is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "mater," which was grammatically feminine in the third declension. The feminine gender was preserved through the evolution from Latin to Italian. In modern Italian, "madre" follows the predictable pattern where most nouns ending in -e are feminine, reinforcing its feminine gender.
What is the Italian word for mother?
The Italian word for mother is la madre — feminine.
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