🇮🇹 Italian

corso

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masculine

il corso

course

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corso
/il ˈkorso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say corso in Italian?

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/il ˈkorso/

How do you pronounce corso in Italian?

corso is pronounced /il ˈkorso/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il corso universitario è molto difficile e richiede uno studio costante.

The university course is very difficult and requires constant study.

Ho seguito un corso intensivo dove l'insegnante era molto bravo e preparato.

I followed an intensive course where the teacher was very skilled and well-prepared.

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Why is it masculine?

Corso is masculine because it derives from Latin "cursus" (a running or course), which is a second-declension masculine noun; the -o ending in Italian regularly corresponds to masculine Latin second-declension nouns. The word originally referred to a race or course of action before broadening to mean "street" or "avenue" in modern Italian.

What is the Italian word for course?

The Italian word for course is il corso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcourslemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcursoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecursoomasculine

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