🇮🇹 Italian

scultura

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feminine

la scultura

sculpture

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scultura
/la skulˈtuːra/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say scultura in Italian?

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/la skulˈtuːra/

How do you pronounce scultura in Italian?

scultura is pronounced /la skulˈtuːra/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La scultura antica è molto delicata e richiede una conservazione speciale.

The ancient sculpture is very delicate and requires special conservation.

Quella scultura moderna è straordinaria; l'ho ammirata per un'ora intera.

That modern sculpture is extraordinary; I admired it for a whole hour.

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Why is it feminine?

Scultura is feminine because it derives from the Latin "sculptura," which was feminine in gender, following the Latin first declension pattern (-ura endings were typically feminine). This grammatical gender was preserved when the word passed into Italian and other Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for sculpture?

The Italian word for sculpture is la scultura — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsculpturelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishesculturalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseesculturaafeminine

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