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Italian gender. Demystified.

In Italian, every noun has a gender — masculine or feminine. The patterns behind those genders are mostly predictable once you know what to look for. Start with the endings below.

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Gender patterns

Six high-signal endings that cover a large share of Italian nouns.

-o masculine

il libro, il tavolo, il gatto

-a feminine

la casa, la porta, la mela

-zione / -sione feminine

la nazione, la passione, la soluzione

-ore masculine

il colore, l'amore, il fiore

-tĂ  feminine

la cittĂ , la libertĂ , la veritĂ 

-ma (Greek) masculine

il problema, il sistema, il clima

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il gatto il tavolo la casa il cane la macchina il libro la porta il sole

Words that are the same across languages

Cognates share their spelling or roots across Romance languages. They're the fastest way into Italian gender — a handful of endings cover hundreds of words.

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