🇮🇹 Italian

cena

feminine

la cena

dinner

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cena
/la ˈtʃeːna/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cena in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈtʃeːna/

How do you pronounce cena in Italian?

cena is pronounced /la ˈtʃeːna/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cena italiana era deliziosa e abbondante.

The Italian dinner was delicious and abundant.

Quella cena speciale è stata la più romantica della mia vita.

That special dinner was the most romantic of my life.

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Why is it feminine?

Cena is feminine because it derives from Latin "cena" (dinner), which was feminine in Latin and retained that gender in Italian. In Italian, nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine, following the pattern that evolved from Latin's first declension feminine forms (not second declension as stated).

What is the Italian word for dinner?

The Italian word for dinner is la cena — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdîner flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcenalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesejantar flips!omasculine

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