🇮🇹 Italian

stampante

feminine

la stampante

printer

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stampante
/la stamˈpante/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say stampante in Italian?

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/la stamˈpante/

How do you pronounce stampante in Italian?

stampante is pronounced /la stamˈpante/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La stampante nuova è molto veloce e silenziosa.

The new printer is very fast and quiet.

Ho comprato una stampante laser che è più efficiente della vecchia.

I bought a laser printer that is more efficient than the old one.

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Why is it feminine?

Stampante is feminine because it ends in "-ante", a suffix that typically produces feminine nouns in Italian when used to denote agents or instruments. The word derives from the present participle of the verb "stampare" (to print). While "-ante" participial endings in Latin could be gender-neutral, in Italian they consistently form feminine nouns in the singular form (stampante = the printer).

What is the Italian word for printer?

The Italian word for printer is la stampante — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchimprimantel'feminine
🇪🇸 Spanishimpresoralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseimpressoraafeminine

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