🇮🇹 Italian

sorgente

feminine

la sorgente

spring source

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sorgente
/la sorˈdʒɛnte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sorgente in Italian?

IPA
/la sorˈdʒɛnte/

How do you pronounce sorgente in Italian?

sorgente is pronounced /la sorˈdʒɛnte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La sorgente pura scorre dalle montagne innevate verso la valle.

The pure spring flows from the snowy mountains toward the valley.

Abbiamo trovato una sorgente naturale che era completamente nascosta tra gli alberi antichi.

We found a natural spring that was completely hidden among the ancient trees.

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Why is it feminine?

Sorgente is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "sorgēns" (from "surgere," meaning "to rise"). In Latin, this -ēns form functioned as both adjective and noun. When such Latin forms ending in -ēns entered Italian, they typically became feminine nouns with the -e ending. The feminine gender was preserved through this phonetic and morphological evolution from Latin to Italian.

What is the Italian word for spring source?

The Italian word for spring source is la sorgente — feminine.

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