Meaning
grapes
- grapes (fruit, usually treated as an uncountable collective noun in Italian)
In a sentence
Ho comprato un chilo di uva dolce al mercato.
I bought a kilo of sweet grapes at the market.
Ti piace di più l'uva bianca o l'uva nera?
Do you prefer white grapes or red grapes?
In autunno raccogliamo l'uva per fare il vino.
In the autumn we harvest the grapes to make wine.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| uva | feminine · singular |
| uve | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually singular in Italian: 'l'uva' refers to grapes in general, unlike English plural 'grapes'.
- An individual grape is 'un chicco d'uva' or 'un acino d'uva'.