🇮🇹 Italian

mandorle

feminine

le mandorle

almonds

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mandorle
/le ˈmandorle/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mandorle in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈmandorle/

How do you pronounce mandorle in Italian?

mandorle is pronounced /le ˈmandorle/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mandorla italiana è molto più dolce e profumata di quella spagnola.

The Italian almond is much sweeter and more fragrant than the Spanish one.

Questa mandorla biologica è stata raccolta fresca dal nostro albero.

This organic almond was freshly harvested from our tree.

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Why is it feminine?

Mandorle is feminine because it derives from Latin "amygdala" (itself from Greek "amygdalē"), and Latin feminine nouns ending in "-a" remained feminine when Italian evolved from Latin. The Italian word retained both the gender and the "-a" ending typical of first-declension feminine nouns. However, in Italian, "mandorla" also refers to the almond-shaped aureole or halo in religious art, which is a secondary but important meaning of the word.

What is the Italian word for almonds?

The Italian word for almonds is le mandorle — feminine.

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