🇮🇹 Italian

mappe

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feminine

le mappe

maps

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mappe
/le ˈmappe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mappe in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈmappe/

How do you pronounce mappe in Italian?

mappe is pronounced /le ˈmappe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mappa antica mostra i confini del regno medievale.

The ancient map shows the borders of the medieval kingdom.

Quella mappa geografica è molto dettagliata e utile per il nostro viaggio.

That geographical map is very detailed and useful for our trip.

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Why is it feminine?

Mappe is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "mappa" (cloth or napkin), which was feminine in Latin. In Latin, first declension nouns ending in "-a" were typically feminine, and this gender was preserved when the word passed into Italian and other Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for maps?

The Italian word for maps is le mappe — feminine.

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