🇮🇹 Italian

tele

feminine

le tele

canvases

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tele
/le ˈteːle/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tele in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈteːle/

How do you pronounce tele in Italian?

tele is pronounced /le ˈteːle/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tela bianca è stata strappata durante il trasporto.

The white canvas was torn during transport.

Questa tela antica è molto preziosa e fragile.

This ancient canvas is very precious and fragile.

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Why is it feminine?

Tele is feminine because it descends from the Latin feminine noun "tēla" (meaning cloth or web), which belonged to the first declension and naturally carried feminine gender into Romance languages. The -a ending in Italian typically signals feminine nouns, a pattern inherited from Latin first-declension feminines.

What is the Italian word for canvases?

The Italian word for canvases is le tele — feminine.

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