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Italian
Etymology
From sotto- (“under”, “sub-”) + genere (“kind”, “species”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sot.toˈd͡ʒɛ.ne.re/
- Rhymes: -ɛnere
- Hyphenation: sot‧to‧gè‧ne‧re
Noun
sottogenere m (plural sottogeneri)
- (taxonomy) subgenus
- subgenre