🇮🇹 Italian

madri

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feminine

le madri

mothers

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madri
/le ˈmaːdri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say madri in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈmaːdri/

How do you pronounce madri in Italian?

madri is pronounced /le ˈmaːdri/ 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?

Madri 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 mothers?

The Italian word for mothers is le madri — feminine.

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