🇮🇹 Italian

carta

feminine

la carta

paper

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carta
/la ˈkarta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say carta in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈkarta/

How do you pronounce carta in Italian?

carta is pronounced /la ˈkarta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La carta bianca è perfetta per scrivere una lettera importante.

The white paper is perfect for writing an important letter.

Questa carta geografica antica è molto preziosa e fragile.

This ancient map is very precious and fragile.

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Why is it feminine?

Carta is feminine because it derives from Latin "charta," which was feminine in gender, and Italian inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The Latin term originally referred to papyrus paper used for writing, and its feminine classification was maintained through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for paper?

The Italian word for paper is la carta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpapier flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpapel flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepapel flips!omasculine

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