Accordpellicce
le pellicce
furs
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How do you say pellicce in Italian?
How do you pronounce pellicce in Italian?
pellicce is pronounced /le pelˈlittʃe/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La pelliccia nera è molto costosa e elegante.
The black fur coat is very expensive and elegant.
Ho comprato una pelliccia nuova per l'inverno scorso.
I bought a new fur coat for last winter.
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Why is it feminine?
Pellicce is feminine because it derives from Latin "pellicea" (feminine form of "pelliceus," meaning made of skin/fur), which maintained its feminine gender through the -a ending when Romance languages developed. The word's connection to "pellis" (Latin for skin) preserved the feminine grammatical gender typical of Latin nouns ending in -a.
What is the Italian word for furs?
The Italian word for furs is le pellicce — feminine.
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