🇮🇹 Italian

spedizione

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feminine

la spedizione

shipment

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spedizione
/la spediˈtsjoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say spedizione in Italian?

IPA
/la spediˈtsjoːne/

How do you pronounce spedizione in Italian?

spedizione is pronounced /la spediˈtsjoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La spedizione militare italiana è stata molto costosa e difficile.

The Italian military expedition was very expensive and difficult.

Questa spedizione archeologica ha scoperto reperti antichi straordinari nella nuova tomba egiziana.

This archaeological expedition discovered extraordinary ancient artifacts in the new Egyptian tomb.

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Why is it feminine?

Spedizione is feminine because it derives from the Latin "expeditio" (noun of the first declension), which carried feminine gender. The Latin noun "expeditio" comes from the verb "expedire" (to dispatch/send out). Italian words ending in "-zione" (derived from Latin "-tio") are typically feminine, and this gender was naturally preserved when the word evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for shipment?

The Italian word for shipment is la spedizione — feminine.

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