🇮🇹 Italian

moneta

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feminine

la moneta

coin

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moneta
/la moˈneːta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say moneta in Italian?

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/la moˈneːta/

How do you pronounce moneta in Italian?

moneta is pronounced /la moˈneːta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La moneta antica che ho trovato è molto rara e preziosa.

The ancient coin that I found is very rare and precious.

Questa moneta italiana è stata coniata nel 1950 ed è ancora in buone condizioni.

This Italian coin was minted in 1950 and is still in good condition.

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Why is it feminine?

Moneta is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin *monēta* (feminine), which originally referred to the mint or coinage workshop housed in the Temple of Juno Moneta on Rome's Capitoline Hill—the goddess Juno's epithet "Moneta" (meaning "warner" or "advisor") gave the word its feminine gender, which persisted through Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for coin?

The Italian word for coin is la moneta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpiècelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishmonedalafeminine

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