🇮🇹 Italian

stelle

feminine

le stelle

stars

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stelle
/le ˈstɛlle/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say stelle in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈstɛlle/

How do you pronounce stelle in Italian?

stelle is pronounced /le ˈstɛlle/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La stella brillante illumina il cielo notturno.

The bright star illuminates the night sky.

Questa stella cadente è molto rara e affascinante.

This falling star is very rare and fascinating.

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Why is it feminine?

Stelle is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "stella," which was feminine in the original language, inheriting the -a ending that typically marked feminine nouns in the first declension of Latin. The Latin root itself likely comes from an Indo-European source, but the gender was already established in Latin and simply passed through to Italian's grammatical system.

What is the Italian word for stars?

The Italian word for stars is le stelle — feminine.

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