🇮🇹 Italian

cultura

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feminine

la cultura

culture

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cultura
/la kulˈtuːra/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cultura in Italian?

IPA
/la kulˈtuːra/

How do you pronounce cultura in Italian?

cultura is pronounced /la kulˈtuːra/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cultura italiana è molto antica e affascinante.

Italian culture is very ancient and fascinating. (Note: 'italiana' and 'affascinante' agree with the feminine 'cultura')

La nuova cultura digitale ha trasformato la nostra società moderna.

The new digital culture has transformed our modern society. (Note: 'nuova' and 'moderna' are feminine adjectives agreeing with feminine 'cultura')

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Why is it feminine?

Cultura is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "cultura" (noun of the first declension), which was grammatically feminine, a gender assignment that Italian retained through its evolution from Vulgar Latin. The Latin feminine ending -a became the standard feminine marker in Italian, so words inheriting this form automatically became feminine nouns.

What is the Italian word for culture?

The Italian word for culture is la cultura — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchculturelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseculturaafeminine

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