🇮🇹 Italian

capitolo

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masculine

il capitolo

chapter

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capitolo
/il kaˈpiːtolo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say capitolo in Italian?

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/il kaˈpiːtolo/

How do you pronounce capitolo in Italian?

capitolo is pronounced /il kaˈpiːtolo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il capitolo finale è stato molto lungo e difficile da leggere.

The final chapter was very long and difficult to read.

Quel capitolo importante ha rivelato il vero significato della storia.

That important chapter revealed the true meaning of the story.

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Why is it masculine?

Capitolo is masculine because it derives from Latin "capitulum" (a small head or chapter), which is a neuter noun in Latin that became masculine when adopted into Italian's two-gender system, following the pattern where many Latin neuter nouns shifted to the masculine gender in Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for chapter?

The Italian word for chapter is il capitolo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchapitrelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcapítuloelmasculine

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