🇮🇹 Italian

porte

feminine

le porte

doors

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porte
/le ˈpɔrte/
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How do you say porte in Italian?

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/le ˈpɔrte/

How do you pronounce porte in Italian?

porte is pronounced /le ˈpɔrte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La porta rossa è chiusa, ma la porta blu è aperta.

The red door is closed, but the blue door is open.

Quella porta antica è molto bella e preziosa.

That ancient door is very beautiful and precious.

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Why is it feminine?

Porte is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "porta" (gate/door), which was feminine in Latin due to its ending in -a, a common feminine marker in Latin's first declension. This -a ending became the standard feminine singular ending in Romance languages like Italian.

What is the Italian word for doors?

The Italian word for doors is le porte — feminine.

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