🇮🇹 Italian

parola

feminine

la parola

word

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parola
/la paˈrɔːla/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say parola in Italian?

IPA
/la paˈrɔːla/

How do you pronounce parola in Italian?

parola is pronounced /la paˈrɔːla/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La parola italiana è molto bella e melodiosa.

The Italian word is very beautiful and melodious.

Questa parola difficile non era compresa da nessuno.

This difficult word was not understood by anyone.

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Why is it feminine?

Parola is feminine because it derives from Latin "parabola" (feminine noun meaning "comparison" or "speech"), which itself comes from Greek "parabolē"; the feminine ending "-a" in Italian typically marks feminine nouns, preserving the gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for word?

The Italian word for word is la parola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmot flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpalabralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepalavraafeminine

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