🇮🇹 Italian

ossessione

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Ossessione is feminine in Italian. The article is l', so the full form is l' ossessione ("obsession").

FEMININE

l' ossessione

obsession

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ossessione
/ossesˈsjone/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ossessione in Italian?

IPA
/ossesˈsjone/

How do you pronounce ossessione in Italian?

ossessione is pronounced /ossesˈsjone/ in Italian.

Example sentences

L'ossessione è diventata insopportabile.

The obsession became unbearable.

Una strana ossessione lo perseguita.

A strange obsession haunts him.

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Why is it feminine?

Ossessione is feminine; nouns ending in -ione (from Latin -io) are feminine in Italian.

What is the Italian word for obsession?

The Italian word for obsession is l' ossessione — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portugueseobsessãoafeminine
🇫🇷 Frenchobsessionl'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishobsesiónlafeminine

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