🇮🇹 Italian

cameriere

masculine

il cameriere

waiter

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cameriere
/il kameˈrjɛːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cameriere in Italian?

IPA
/il kameˈrjɛːre/

How do you pronounce cameriere in Italian?

cameriere is pronounced /il kameˈrjɛːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cameriere italiano è molto cortese e attento ai dettagli del servizio.

The Italian waiter is very polite and attentive to the details of service.

Quel cameriere giovane e simpatico ha portato il nostro ordine perfettamente.

That young and likable waiter brought our order perfectly.

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Why is it masculine?

Cameriere (waiter) is masculine because it derives from the Latin "camerarius," which referred to a chamberlain or official in charge of a chamber, and Latin nouns ending in "-arius" are inherently masculine, a gender pattern that persisted into Italian despite the shift to "-iere" endings.

What is the Italian word for waiter?

The Italian word for waiter is il cameriere — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchserveurlemasculine

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