🇮🇹 Italian

sistema

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masculine

il sistema

system

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sistema
/il siˈstɛːma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sistema in Italian?

IPA
/il siˈstɛːma/

How do you pronounce sistema in Italian?

sistema is pronounced /il siˈstɛːma/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sistema scolastico italiano è molto complesso e richiede riforme importanti.

The Italian school system is very complex and requires important reforms.

Questo nuovo sistema operativo è straordinario perché è più veloce e sicuro del precedente.

This new operating system is extraordinary because it is faster and safer than the previous one.

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Why is it masculine?

Sistema is masculine in Italian. It derives from Greek "systema" (σύστημα), which entered Latin as a masculine noun. In Italian, nouns ending in "-ma" are typically masculine, following the pattern of Latin loanwords like "problema" and "schema."

What is the Italian word for system?

The Italian word for system is il sistema — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsystèmelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishsistemaelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesistemaomasculine

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