notte
la notte
night
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How do you say notte in Italian?
How do you pronounce notte in Italian?
notte is pronounced /la ˈnɔtte/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La notte buia era fredda e silenziosa.
The dark night was cold and silent.
Durante la notte stellata, abbiamo visto la luna piena splendida.
During the starry night, we saw the full moon splendid.
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Why is it feminine?
Notte is feminine because it derives from Latin "nox, noctis," which was a third-declension feminine noun. Italian preserved this grammatical gender through its evolution from Vulgar Latin. The word developed from the Latin nominative/accusative form and retained its feminine classification in the Romance language evolution.
What is the Italian word for night?
The Italian word for night is la notte — feminine.
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