🇮🇹 Italian

prospettive

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feminine

le prospettive

perspectives

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prospettive
/le prospetˈtiːve/
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How do you say prospettive in Italian?

IPA
/le prospetˈtiːve/

How do you pronounce prospettive in Italian?

prospettive is pronounced /le prospetˈtiːve/ 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?

Prospettive 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 perspectives?

The Italian word for perspectives is le prospettive — feminine.

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