🇮🇹 Italian

tana

feminine

la tana

den

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tana
/la ˈtaːna/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tana in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈtaːna/

How do you pronounce tana in Italian?

tana is pronounced /la ˈtaːna/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tana profonda del lupo era ben nascosta nel bosco.

The deep den of the wolf was well hidden in the forest.

Abbiamo scoperto una tana grande e confortevole dove vivevano i tassi.

We discovered a large and comfortable burrow where the badgers lived.

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Why is it feminine?

Tana is feminine because it derives from Latin "tana" (a den or lair), which inherited the first declension feminine ending "-a" from Indo-European roots, a pattern that became the standard feminine singular form in Italian.

What is the Italian word for den?

The Italian word for den is la tana — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtanièrelafeminine

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