🇮🇹 Italian

cellulare

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masculine

il cellulare

cellphone

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cellulare
/il tʃelluˈlaːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cellulare in Italian?

IPA
/il tʃelluˈlaːre/

How do you pronounce cellulare in Italian?

cellulare is pronounced /il tʃelluˈlaːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cellulare nuovo che ho comprato è molto veloce.

The new mobile phone that I bought is very fast.

Mio cugino ha perso il suo cellulare costoso durante il viaggio.

My cousin lost his expensive mobile phone during the trip.

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Why is it masculine?

Cellulare is masculine because it is derived from the Latin "cellularis" (adjective meaning "relating to cells"). In Italian, when this Latin adjective was nominalized to mean "cell phone," it retained the masculine gender. The -are ending in Italian typically indicates masculine gender for nouns derived from Latin adjectives, particularly those ending in -aris.

What is the Italian word for cellphone?

The Italian word for cellphone is il cellulare — masculine.

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