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Piume is feminine in Italian. The article is le, so the full form is le piume ("feathers").
FEMININEpiume is the plural of piuma
le piume — feathers
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How do you say piume in Italian?
How do you pronounce piume in Italian?
piume is pronounced /le ˈpjuːme/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La piuma bianca galleggiava delicatamente sull'acqua.
The white feather was floating delicately on the water.
Quella piuma leggera era così fragile che il vento l'ha portata via.
That light feather was so fragile that the wind carried it away.
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Why is it feminine?
Piume is feminine because it derives from Latin "pluma," which was feminine in gender, and Italian retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin feminine ending "-a" became the standard feminine marker in Italian, so words inherited with this form typically remained feminine.
What is the Italian word for feathers?
The Italian word for feathers is le piume — feminine.
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