piante
le piante
plants
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How do you say piante in Italian?
How do you pronounce piante in Italian?
piante is pronounced /le ˈpjante/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La pianta verde è molto alta e ha foglie larghe.
The green plant is very tall and has wide leaves.
Quella pianta selvatica è rara e protetta dalla legge italiana.
That wild plant is rare and protected by Italian law.
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Why is it feminine?
Piante is feminine because it derives from Latin "planta," which was grammatically feminine, likely due to the feminine ending "-a" that became productive in Romance languages for first-declension nouns. This ending pattern generally marked feminine nouns throughout the evolution from Latin to Italian.
What is the Italian word for plants?
The Italian word for plants is le piante — feminine.
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