🇮🇹 italiano

caffè

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

i caffè

coffees

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caffè
/i kafˈfɛ/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice caffè in italiano?

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/i kafˈfɛ/

How do you pronounce caffè in italiano?

caffè is pronounced /i kafˈfɛ/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

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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Perché è 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.

Come si dice coffees in italiano?

In italiano, coffees si dice i caffè — masculine.

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