🇮🇹 italien

caffè

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masculine

i caffè

coffees

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caffè
/i kafˈfɛ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on caffè en italien ?

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/i kafˈfɛ/

How do you pronounce caffè in italien?

caffè is pronounced /i kafˈfɛ/ in italien.

Exemples de phrases

Il caffè italiano è più forte e concentrato rispetto a quello americano.

Italian coffee is stronger and more concentrated compared to the American one.

Questo caffè caldo mi ha svegliato completamente questa mattina.

This hot coffee woke me up completely this morning.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Caffè is masculine because it derives from Arabic "qahwa" (via Turkish "kahve"), and when Italian borrowed this word in the 16th-17th century, it was assigned to the masculine gender. While the word ends in "-è", the gender is not predictable from this ending alone, as "città" (city) is feminine despite the identical ending. The masculine gender of "caffè" was established through historical usage at the time of borrowing rather than following a consistent grammatical pattern.

Comment dit-on coffees en italien ?

En italien, coffees se dit i caffè — masculine.

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