🇮🇹 Italian

carte

feminine

le carte

papers

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carte
/le ˈkarte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say carte in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈkarte/

How do you pronounce carte in Italian?

carte is pronounced /le ˈkarte/ 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?

Carte 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 papers?

The Italian word for papers is le carte — feminine.

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