🇮🇹 Italian

cittadino

masculine

il cittadino

citizen

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cittadino
/il tʃittaˈdiːno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cittadino in Italian?

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/il tʃittaˈdiːno/

How do you pronounce cittadino in Italian?

cittadino is pronounced /il tʃittaˈdiːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cittadino italiano ha diritto a votare nelle elezioni nazionali.

The Italian citizen has the right to vote in national elections.

Un cittadino straniero deve richiedere un visto per entrare nel paese.

A foreign citizen must request a visa to enter the country.

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Why is it masculine?

Cittadino is masculine because it derives from Latin "civis" (citizen) combined with the suffix "-anus," which became the Italian masculine suffix "-ano." Words ending in "-ano" are typically masculine in Italian. The grammatical gender follows the standard pattern of Italian masculine nouns ending in "-o."

What is the Italian word for citizen?

The Italian word for citizen is il cittadino — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcitoyenlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishciudadanoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecidadãoomasculine

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