🇮🇹 Italian

rete

feminine

la rete

network

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rete
/la ˈreːte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rete in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈreːte/

How do you pronounce rete in Italian?

rete is pronounced /la ˈreːte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La rete nuova che abbiamo installato è molto resistente.

The new net that we installed is very resistant.

Quella rete mondiale è diventata indispensabile per la comunicazione moderna.

That worldwide network has become indispensable for modern communication.

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Why is it feminine?

Rete (net) is feminine because it derives from Latin "rete," which was a neuter noun in classical Latin but followed the pattern of many neuter Latin words shifting to feminine in Romance languages, particularly those ending in -e in Italian.

What is the Italian word for network?

The Italian word for network is la rete — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchréseau flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishredlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseredeafeminine

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