🇮🇹 Italian

sciarpa

feminine

la sciarpa

scarf

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sciarpa
/la ˈʃarpa/
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How do you say sciarpa in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈʃarpa/

How do you pronounce sciarpa in Italian?

sciarpa is pronounced /la ˈʃarpa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La sciarpa rossa che ho comprato ieri è molto calda e morbida.

The red scarf that I bought yesterday is very warm and soft.

Quella sciarpa azzurra è bella, ma la mia sciarpa preferita è quella grigia.

That blue scarf is beautiful, but my favorite scarf is the gray one.

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Why is it feminine?

Sciarpa is feminine because it ends in -a, which is the standard feminine singular noun ending in Italian. The word derives from Old Italian "sciarpa," borrowed from Arabic "sharqah" (شرقة). In Italian, borrowed nouns typically adopt gender based on their ending; the -a ending naturally aligns with feminine gender patterns, particularly common in clothing-related vocabulary such as "cintura" (belt) and "fascia" (sash).

What is the Italian word for scarf?

The Italian word for scarf is la sciarpa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchécharpel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishbufandalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecachecol flips!omasculine

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