🇮🇹 Italian

poste

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feminine

le poste

mails

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poste
/le ˈpɔste/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say poste in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈpɔste/

How do you pronounce poste in Italian?

poste is pronounced /le ˈpɔste/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La posta italiana è molto efficiente e affidabile.

The Italian postal service is very efficient and reliable.

Ho aspettato la posta per tre giorni, ma non è ancora arrivata.

I waited for the mail for three days, but it still hasn't arrived.

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Why is it feminine?

Poste is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "posta" (a station or post). In Italian, nouns ending in -a are typically feminine, and this pattern was inherited from Latin where -a endings generally indicated feminine gender. The femininity of "posta" was preserved through this regular pattern as the word evolved from Latin into Italian.

What is the Italian word for mails?

The Italian word for mails is le poste — feminine.

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