🇮🇹 Italian

rugiada

feminine

la rugiada

dew

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rugiada
/la ruˈdʒaːda/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rugiada in Italian?

IPA
/la ruˈdʒaːda/

How do you pronounce rugiada in Italian?

rugiada is pronounced /la ruˈdʒaːda/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La rugiada mattutina bagna delicatamente i petali dei fiori.

The morning dew gently wets the flower petals.

Quella rugiada fresca e cristallina ricopre interamente il prato verde.

That fresh and crystalline dew covers the entire green meadow.

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Why is it feminine?

Rugiada is feminine because it derives from Latin "ros" (dew) with the feminine diminutive suffix "-iada", which became "-ada" in Italian. The feminine gender is reinforced by the inherited Latin feminine ending "-ada", which consistently marks feminine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for dew?

The Italian word for dew is la rugiada — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchroséelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishrocío flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseorvalho flips!omasculine

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