🇮🇹 Italian

teoria

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feminine

la teoria

theory

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teoria
/la teoˈriːa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say teoria in Italian?

IPA
/la teoˈriːa/

How do you pronounce teoria in Italian?

teoria is pronounced /la teoˈriːa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La teoria scientifica è stata rivoluzionaria perché ha spiegato fenomeni che nessuno aveva mai compreso prima.

The scientific theory was revolutionary because it explained phenomena that no one had ever understood before.

Questa teoria complessa richiede molti anni di studio per essere completamente assimilata.

This complex theory requires many years of study to be fully understood.

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Why is it feminine?

Teoria is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "theōria," which was feminine in gender, following the Latin first-declension pattern (-a ending) typical of feminine nouns. This gender was preserved when the word passed into Romance languages like Italian.

What is the Italian word for theory?

The Italian word for theory is la teoria — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchthéorielafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseteoriaafeminine

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