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la malattia
illness
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How do you say malattia in Italian?
How do you pronounce malattia in Italian?
malattia is pronounced /la malatˈtiːa/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La malattia grave ha colpito molte persone nella nostra comunità.
The serious illness struck many people in our community.
Questa malattia rara è stata difficile da diagnosticare perché è molto sconosciuta.
This rare disease was difficult to diagnose because it is very unknown.
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Why is it feminine?
Malattia is feminine because it derives from the Latin "malattia" (from "male" meaning badly + "habitus" meaning condition), and the suffix "-ia" in Italian typically produces feminine nouns. The "-ia" ending, inherited from Latin feminine forms (-ia, -ία), naturally marks this word as feminine.
What is the Italian word for illness?
The Italian word for illness is la malattia — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | maladie | la | feminine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | enfermedad | la | feminine |
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