🇮🇹 Italian

culture

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feminine

le culture

cultures

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culture
/le kulˈtuːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say culture in Italian?

IPA
/le kulˈtuːre/

How do you pronounce culture in Italian?

culture is pronounced /le kulˈtuːre/ 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?

Culture 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 cultures?

The Italian word for cultures is le culture — feminine.

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