🇮🇹 Italian

cartina

feminine

la cartina

small map

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cartina
/la karˈtiːna/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cartina in Italian?

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/la karˈtiːna/

How do you pronounce cartina in Italian?

cartina is pronounced /la karˈtiːna/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cartina geografica è molto dettagliata e mostra tutti i confini nazionali.

The geographical map is very detailed and shows all national borders.

Questa cartina antica è stata conservata perfettamente nella biblioteca storica.

This ancient map has been perfectly preserved in the historical library.

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Why is it feminine?

Cartina is feminine because it's the diminutive form of "carta" (paper/map), which inherits the feminine gender from its Latin root "charta" (feminine), a word borrowed from Greek that originally referred to papyrus sheets. The diminutive suffix "-ina" is regularly applied to feminine nouns in Italian, preserving the gender of the base word.

What is the Italian word for small map?

The Italian word for small map is la cartina — feminine.

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