🇮🇹 Italian

tavola

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feminine

la tavola

table

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tavola
/la ˈtaːvola/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tavola in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈtaːvola/

How do you pronounce tavola in Italian?

tavola is pronounced /la ˈtaːvola/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tavola rotonda era molto antica e preziosa.

The round table was very old and precious.

Abbiamo comprato una tavola nuova per la sala da pranzo.

We bought a new table for the dining room.

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Why is it feminine?

Tavola is feminine because it derives from Latin "tabula" (feminine), which belonged to the first declension (-a ending) where most nouns were grammatically feminine; this feminine gender was preserved as Latin evolved into Italian.

What is the Italian word for table?

The Italian word for table is la tavola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtablelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishmesalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemesaafeminine

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