🇮🇹 Italian

polvere

feminine

la polvere

dust

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polvere
/la ˈpolvere/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say polvere in Italian?

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/la ˈpolvere/

How do you pronounce polvere in Italian?

polvere is pronounced /la ˈpolvere/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La polvere bianca che copriva il tavolo era così spessa che dovevo pulirla ogni giorno.

The white dust that covered the table was so thick that I had to clean it every day.

Quella polvere fine e dorata entrava da tutte le finestre aperte durante la tempesta di sabbia.

That fine and golden dust entered from all the open windows during the sandstorm.

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Why is it feminine?

Polvere (dust) is feminine because it derives from Latin "pulvis," which was a feminine noun in the second declension, and Italian inherited this gender classification. The -e ending in Italian often signals feminine nouns, reinforcing this inherited gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for dust?

The Italian word for dust is la polvere — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpoussièrelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishpolvo flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepoeiraafeminine

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