🇮🇹 Italian

posizione

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feminine

la posizione

position

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posizione
/la poziˈtsjoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say posizione in Italian?

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/la poziˈtsjoːne/

How do you pronounce posizione in Italian?

posizione is pronounced /la poziˈtsjoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La posizione geografica italiana è molto favorevole per il commercio mediterraneo.

The Italian geographical position is very favorable for Mediterranean trade.

La nuova posizione dirigenziale richiesta dall'azienda è particolarmente esigente e impegnativa.

The new managerial position required by the company is particularly demanding and challenging.

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Why is it feminine?

Posizione is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "positio" (nominative form), which belonged to the third declension and carried feminine gender—a gender that was preserved when the word evolved into Italian. Latin third-declension nouns ending in "-tio" were typically feminine, and this grammatical gender was maintained through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for position?

The Italian word for position is la posizione — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portugueseposiçãoafeminine

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