🇮🇹 Italian

banca

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feminine

la banca

bank

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banca
/la ˈbaŋka/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say banca in Italian?

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/la ˈbaŋka/

How do you pronounce banca in Italian?

banca is pronounced /la ˈbaŋka/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La banca italiana è molto sicura e affidabile.

The Italian bank is very safe and reliable.

Questa banca è stata fondata nel 1850 ed è ancora prospera oggi.

This bank was founded in 1850 and is still thriving today.

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Why is it feminine?

Banca is feminine because it ends in the suffix "-a", which is the standard feminine singular ending in Italian. Most Italian nouns ending in "-a" are feminine. The word derives from the Italian "banco" (bench/counter), which referred to the money-changers' tables in medieval Italian trading centers. The feminine form "banca" became the standard term for a financial institution.

What is the Italian word for bank?

The Italian word for bank is la banca — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbanquelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishbanco flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebanco flips!omasculine

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