🇮🇹 Italian

salute

feminine

la salute

health

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salute
/la saˈluːte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salute in Italian?

IPA
/la saˈluːte/

How do you pronounce salute in Italian?

salute is pronounced /la saˈluːte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La salute è molto importante nella nostra vita quotidiana.

Health is very important in our daily life.

La salute pubblica italiana è considerata eccellente da molti paesi europei.

Italian public health is considered excellent by many European countries.

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Why is it feminine?

Salute is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "salūs" (health, safety), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Italian retained the feminine gender of its etymological ancestor. The word also personified health as a goddess in Roman culture, which reinforced its feminine grammatical status.

What is the Italian word for health?

The Italian word for health is la salute — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsantélafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishsaludlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesaúdeafeminine

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