🇮🇹 Italian

sicurezza

feminine

la sicurezza

safety

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sicurezza
/la sikuˈrettsa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sicurezza in Italian?

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/la sikuˈrettsa/

How do you pronounce sicurezza in Italian?

sicurezza is pronounced /la sikuˈrettsa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La sicurezza pubblica è molto importante per una società moderna e ordinata.

Public security is very important for a modern and orderly society.

La sicurezza del nostro paese dipende da decisioni politiche difficili e coraggiose.

The security of our country depends on difficult and courageous political decisions.

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Why is it feminine?

Sicurezza is feminine because it derives from the Latin "securitas," which belongs to the third declension "-tas/-tatis" category—a suffix that consistently produced feminine nouns in Latin and passed that gender to Italian. The "-ezza" suffix in Italian, which evolved from Latin "-itia" and "-itas," remained feminine throughout the language's development.

What is the Italian word for safety?

The Italian word for safety is la sicurezza — feminine.

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