🇮🇹 Italian

statua

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feminine

la statua

statue

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statua
/la ˈstaːtwa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say statua in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈstaːtwa/

How do you pronounce statua in Italian?

statua is pronounced /la ˈstaːtwa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La statua antica è stata restaurata con grande cura.

The ancient statue (fem.) was restored with great care.

Quella statua marmorea è la più bella del museo.

That marble statue (fem.) is the most beautiful one in the museum.

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Why is it feminine?

Statua is feminine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "statua," which was also feminine, following the Latin first declension pattern (-a ending) that typically assigned feminine gender to nouns. This gender assignment was maintained when the word passed into Italian and other Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for statue?

The Italian word for statue is la statua — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchstatuelafeminine

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