🇮🇹 Italian

cerniere

feminine

le cerniere

zippers

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cerniere
/le tʃerˈnjɛːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cerniere in Italian?

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/le tʃerˈnjɛːre/

How do you pronounce cerniere in Italian?

cerniere is pronounced /le tʃerˈnjɛːre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cerniera rossa della mia giacca si è rotta stamattina.

The red zipper of my jacket broke this morning.

Ho comprato una cerniera nuova perché quella vecchia non funzionava più.

I bought a new zipper because the old one didn't work anymore.

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Why is it feminine?

Cerniere is feminine because it ends in "-a", which is the typical feminine ending for Italian nouns. The word derives from Latin "cardo" (hinge), and while the etymological path through "cardella" is uncertain, the feminine gender was established through the productive "-iera" suffix in Italian, which commonly forms feminine nouns for tools and mechanical devices.

What is the Italian word for zippers?

The Italian word for zippers is le cerniere — feminine.

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