cartine
le cartine
small maps
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How do you say cartine in Italian?
How do you pronounce cartine in Italian?
cartine is pronounced /le karˈtiːne/ 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?
Cartine 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 maps?
The Italian word for small maps is le cartine — feminine.
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