🇮🇹 Italian

tempeste

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feminine

le tempeste

storms

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tempeste
/le temˈpɛste/
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How do you say tempeste in Italian?

IPA
/le temˈpɛste/

How do you pronounce tempeste in Italian?

tempeste is pronounced /le temˈpɛste/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tempesta violenta ha distrutto il villaggio durante la notte.

The violent storm destroyed the village during the night.

Quella terribile tempesta era la più forte che avessimo mai visto.

That terrible storm was the strongest one we had ever seen.

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Why is it feminine?

Tempeste is feminine because it derives from Latin "tempestas," which was feminine in the first declension (not second declension). Italian retained the feminine gender from Latin, as words ending in "-a" in Italian typically derive from feminine first declension Latin nouns ending in "-a."

What is the Italian word for storms?

The Italian word for storms is le tempeste — feminine.

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