🇮🇹 Italian

mente

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feminine

la mente

mind

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mente
/la ˈmente/
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How do you say mente in Italian?

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/la ˈmente/

How do you pronounce mente in Italian?

mente is pronounced /la ˈmente/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mente creativa di mia nonna ha inventato molte ricette originali.

My grandmother's creative mind invented many original recipes.

Una mente brillante è necessaria per risolvere questo difficile problema matematico.

A brilliant mind is necessary to solve this difficult mathematical problem.

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Why is it feminine?

Mente is feminine in Italian because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "mens" (mind), which belonged to the third declension and retained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution. The suffix "-mente" used to form adverbs also preserves this feminine origin, though adverbs themselves are invariable.

What is the Italian word for mind?

The Italian word for mind is la mente — feminine.

Gender across languages

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