🇮🇹 Italian

pagnotta

feminine

la pagnotta

loaf

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pagnotta
/la paɲˈɲɔtta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pagnotta in Italian?

IPA
/la paɲˈɲɔtta/

How do you pronounce pagnotta in Italian?

pagnotta is pronounced /la paɲˈɲɔtta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La pagnotta fresca che ho comprato stamattina è ancora calda.

The fresh loaf of bread that I bought this morning is still warm.

Quella pagnotta integrale è più nutriente della pagnotta bianca.

That whole wheat loaf is more nutritious than the white loaf.

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Why is it feminine?

Pagnotta is feminine because it ends in "-otta," which is an inherently feminine diminutive suffix in Italian. While the word relates to bread (Latin "panis"), the feminine gender is directly determined by the feminine diminutive ending "-otta" rather than being preserved from Latin, since "panis" is masculine in Latin. The suffix "-otta" productively creates feminine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for loaf?

The Italian word for loaf is la pagnotta — feminine.

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