🇮🇹 Italian

giornale

masculine

il giornale

newspaper

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giornale
/il dʒorˈnaːle/
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How do you say giornale in Italian?

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/il dʒorˈnaːle/

How do you pronounce giornale in Italian?

giornale is pronounced /il dʒorˈnaːle/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il giornale italiano è molto importante per informare i cittadini.

The Italian newspaper is very important for informing citizens.

Ho comprato un giornale locale nuovo che parla degli eventi recenti della città.

I bought a new local newspaper that talks about recent events in the city.

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Why is it masculine?

Giornale is masculine because it derives from the Latin "diurnalis" (adjective meaning "daily"). In Italian, when Latin adjectives ending in "-alis" are nominalized, they typically become nouns ending in "-ale". The masculine gender is retained from the Latin masculine form, as "giornale" follows the pattern of Italian masculine nouns ending in "-ale" (e.g., "ospedale", "capitale", "animale").

What is the Italian word for newspaper?

The Italian word for newspaper is il giornale — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchjournallemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishperiódicoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesejornalomasculine

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