🇮🇹 Italian

scimmie

feminine

le scimmie

monkeys

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scimmie
/le ˈʃimmje/
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How do you say scimmie in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈʃimmje/

How do you pronounce scimmie in Italian?

scimmie is pronounced /le ˈʃimmje/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La scimmia grigia ha portato il suo piccolo alla madre.

The gray monkey brought her baby to the mother.

Quella scimmia intelligente ha imparato a usare gli attrezzi molto velocemente.

That intelligent monkey learned to use the tools very quickly.

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Why is it feminine?

Scimmie is feminine because it derives from Latin "simia," which was feminine in gender, a classification that Italian retained through its regular phonetic evolution of Latin feminine nouns ending in -a. The Latin term itself likely originated from Greek "σιμός" (simos, meaning "snub-nosed"), though the gender assignment may have been influenced by association with other feminine animal names in Latin.

What is the Italian word for monkeys?

The Italian word for monkeys is le scimmie — feminine.

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