medicina
la medicina
medicine
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How do you say medicina in Italian?
How do you pronounce medicina in Italian?
medicina is pronounced /la mediˈtʃiːna/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La medicina moderna ha salvato molte vite con i suoi progressi straordinari.
Modern medicine has saved many lives with its extraordinary progress.
La medicina tradizionale cinese è ancora praticata e rispettata in molti paesi.
Traditional Chinese medicine is still practiced and respected in many countries.
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Why is it feminine?
Medicina is feminine in Italian because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "medicina" (from "medicus," meaning physician), which followed the first declension pattern ending in -a, a typically feminine ending in Latin. This -a ending was preserved in Italian, maintaining the feminine gender of the original Latin word.
What is the Italian word for medicine?
The Italian word for medicine is la medicina — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | médicament flips! | le | masculine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | medicina | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | remédio flips! | o | masculine |
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