🇮🇹 Italian

navi

feminine

le navi

ships

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navi
/le ˈnaːvi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say navi in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈnaːvi/

How do you pronounce navi in Italian?

navi is pronounced /le ˈnaːvi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La nave italiana è partita dal porto questa mattina con tutti i suoi passeggeri a bordo.

The Italian ship (feminine) left the port this morning with all its passengers on board.

Quella nave antica era molto grande e affascinante quando l'abbiamo vista nel museo marittimo.

That ancient ship (feminine) was very large and fascinating when we saw it in the maritime museum.

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Why is it feminine?

Navi is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "navis" (feminine), which belongs to the third declension i-stem nouns that were predominantly feminine in gender. The feminine gender was preserved through the evolution from Latin to Italian, making "la nave" the standard form.

What is the Italian word for ships?

The Italian word for ships is le navi — feminine.

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