🇮🇹 Italian

valigie

feminine

le valigie

suitcases

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valigie
/le vaˈliːdʒe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say valigie in Italian?

IPA
/le vaˈliːdʒe/

How do you pronounce valigie in Italian?

valigie is pronounced /le vaˈliːdʒe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La valigia rossa è molto pesante e difficile da portare.

The red suitcase is very heavy and difficult to carry.

Quella valigia blu è la mia preferita perché è leggera e capiente.

That blue suitcase is my favorite because it is light and spacious.

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Why is it feminine?

Valigie is feminine because it ends in -a, which is the typical feminine ending for Italian nouns. While the word does have Germanic origins (ultimately from a source related to English "valise"), it was adopted into Italian and follows the standard pattern where -a endings indicate feminine gender. The feminine gender was either preserved from Latin or assigned upon adoption into Italian according to the regular gender rules for -a-ending nouns.

What is the Italian word for suitcases?

The Italian word for suitcases is le valigie — feminine.

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