🇮🇹 Italian

pillole

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feminine

le pillole

pills

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pillole
/le ˈpillole/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pillole in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈpillole/

How do you pronounce pillole in Italian?

pillole is pronounced /le ˈpillole/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La pillola anticoncezionale nuova è molto efficace.

The new contraceptive pill is very effective.

Quella pillola blu è la più popolare tra le donne italiane.

That blue pill is the most popular among Italian women.

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Why is it feminine?

Pillole is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pilula," the diminutive form of "pila" (ball), which retained the feminine gender of its Latin root through Italian's standard evolution of Latin -a endings into feminine nouns.

What is the Italian word for pills?

The Italian word for pills is le pillole — feminine.

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