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le università
universities
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How do you say università in Italian?
How do you pronounce università in Italian?
università is pronounced /le universiˈta/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La università italiana è molto prestigiosa e offre corsi eccellenti.
The Italian university is very prestigious and offers excellent courses.
L'università nuova nel nostro paese è stata inaugurata dalla professoressa direttrice.
The new university in our country was inaugurated by the female director professor.
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Why is it feminine?
Università is feminine because it derives from the Latin "universitas," which was a feminine noun referring to a corporation or guild, and Italian inherited this feminine gender from Latin. The word's femininity persisted through the Romance language evolution despite the abstract noun suffix "-ità" (borrowed from Latin "-itas") typically marking feminine nouns in Italian.
What is the Italian word for universities?
The Italian word for universities is le università — feminine.
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