🇮🇹 Italian

crema

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feminine

la crema

cream

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crema
/la ˈkrɛːma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say crema in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈkrɛːma/

How do you pronounce crema in Italian?

crema is pronounced /la ˈkrɛːma/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La crema dolce che ho comprato ieri è ancora fresca e deliciosa.

The sweet cream that I bought yesterday is still fresh and delicious.

Questa crema speciale è molto costosa perché è importata dall'Italia.

This special cream is very expensive because it is imported from Italy.

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Why is it feminine?

Crema is feminine because it derives from Latin "crēma," which was feminine in Latin. Italian preserves the grammatical gender of most Latin nouns, and "crema" maintained its feminine gender through the regular phonetic evolution from Latin to Italian. Words ending in -a in Italian are typically feminine, which reinforces this gender classification.

What is the Italian word for cream?

The Italian word for cream is la crema — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcrèmelafeminine

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