🇮🇹 Italian

memoria

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feminine

la memoria

memory

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memoria
/la meˈmɔːrja/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say memoria in Italian?

IPA
/la meˈmɔːrja/

How do you pronounce memoria in Italian?

memoria is pronounced /la meˈmɔːrja/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La memoria fotografica è una capacità straordinaria che pochi possiedono.

Photographic memory is an extraordinary ability that few people possess.

La mia memoria è diventata sempre più debole con l'età.

My memory has become increasingly weak with age.

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Why is it feminine?

Memoria is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "memoria," which was feminine in the original language, following the Latin first declension pattern (-ia endings typically marked feminine nouns). This gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution from Latin to Italian.

What is the Italian word for memory?

The Italian word for memory is la memoria — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsouvenir flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishrecuerdo flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesememóriaafeminine

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