🇮🇹 Italian

tenerezze

feminine

le tenerezze

tendernesses

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tenerezze
/le teneˈrettse/
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How do you say tenerezze in Italian?

IPA
/le teneˈrettse/

How do you pronounce tenerezze in Italian?

tenerezze is pronounced /le teneˈrettse/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tenerezza infinita della madre verso suo figlio è commovente.

The infinite tenderness of the mother toward her son is moving.

Quella tenerezza dolce nel suo sguardo mi ha fatto sentire protetto.

That sweet tenderness in her gaze made me feel protected.

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Why is it feminine?

Tenerezze is feminine because it derives from the Latin "teneritas" (tenderness), which belongs to the third declension feminine nouns ending in "-itas," a suffix that consistently produced feminine nouns in Romance languages and was preserved in Italian as "-ezza."

What is the Italian word for tendernesses?

The Italian word for tendernesses is le tenerezze — feminine.

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