🇮🇹 Italian

popolazione

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feminine

la popolazione

population

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popolazione
/la popolatˈtsjoːne/
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How do you say popolazione in Italian?

IPA
/la popolatˈtsjoːne/

How do you pronounce popolazione in Italian?

popolazione is pronounced /la popolatˈtsjoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La popolazione italiana è molto antica e orgogliosa delle sue tradizioni.

The Italian population is very ancient and proud of its traditions.

La popolazione mondiale crescente ha bisogno di risorse naturali sempre maggiori.

The growing world population needs increasingly larger natural resources.

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Why is it feminine?

Popolazione is feminine because it derives from the Latin "populatio" (accusative "populationem"), which belongs to the third declension feminine nouns ending in "-tio". The accusative form "-tionem" evolved into the Italian suffix "-zione", which consistently produces feminine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for population?

The Italian word for population is la popolazione — feminine.

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