🇮🇹 Italian

misure

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feminine

le misure

measures

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misure
/le miˈzuːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say misure in Italian?

IPA
/le miˈzuːre/

How do you pronounce misure in Italian?

misure is pronounced /le miˈzuːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La misura nuova è troppo stretta per il vestito.

The new measurement is too tight for the dress.

Quella misura giusta ha risolto il nostro problema di spazio.

That correct measurement solved our space problem.

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Why is it feminine?

Misure is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "mensura" (measurement, measure), which followed the first declension pattern typical of feminine nouns ending in -a in Latin and passed this gender into Italian. The -a ending became a strong marker of femininity in Romance languages, making any word inherited from Latin first-declension feminines automatically feminine in Italian.

What is the Italian word for measures?

The Italian word for measures is le misure — feminine.

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