🇮🇹 Italian

prospettiva

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feminine

la prospettiva

perspective

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prospettiva
/la prospetˈtiːva/
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How do you say prospettiva in Italian?

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/la prospetˈtiːva/

How do you pronounce prospettiva in Italian?

prospettiva is pronounced /la prospetˈtiːva/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La prospettiva futura del progetto è molto promettente e incoraggiante.

The future perspective of the project is very promising and encouraging.

Quella prospettiva diversa mi ha aiutato a capire il problema da un'angolazione completamente nuova.

That different perspective helped me understand the problem from a completely new angle.

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Why is it feminine?

Prospettiva is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "prospectiva" (from "prospicere," to look forward), which retained the feminine gender when adopted into Italian as a term for the artistic technique of perspective. Like many Italian nouns ending in "-iva," it follows the pattern of feminine adjectives and nouns derived from Latin feminine forms.

What is the Italian word for perspective?

The Italian word for perspective is la prospettiva — feminine.

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