🇮🇹 Italian

mappa

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feminine

la mappa

map

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mappa
/la ˈmappa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mappa in Italian?

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/la ˈmappa/

How do you pronounce mappa in Italian?

mappa is pronounced /la ˈmappa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La mappa antica mostra i confini del regno medievale.

The ancient map shows the borders of the medieval kingdom.

Quella mappa geografica è molto dettagliata e utile per il nostro viaggio.

That geographical map is very detailed and useful for our trip.

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Why is it feminine?

Mappa is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "mappa" (cloth or napkin), which was feminine in Latin. In Latin, first declension nouns ending in "-a" were typically feminine, and this gender was preserved when the word passed into Italian and other Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for map?

The Italian word for map is la mappa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishmapa flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemapa flips!omasculine

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