🇮🇹 Italian

monete

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feminine

le monete

coins

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monete
/le moˈneːte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say monete in Italian?

IPA
/le moˈneːte/

How do you pronounce monete in Italian?

monete is pronounced /le moˈneːte/ 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?

Monete 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 coins?

The Italian word for coins is le monete — feminine.

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