Gender of Italian nouns

All Italian nouns are either masculine or feminine: there is no neuter gender.

In this dictionary:
  • Nouns ending in "o" (unaccented) are usually masculine. If a noun ending in "o" is feminine, "f." will be displayed in the part of speech.
  • Nouns ending in "a" (unaccented) are usually feminine. If a noun ending in "a" is masculine, "m." will be displayed in the part of speech.
  • Nouns ending in neither "o" nor "a" are masculine, unless "f." is displayed in the part of speech.
  • Examples:

    libro (n.) book (masculine)
    sedia (n.) chair (feminine)

    padre (n.) father (masculine)
    madre (f.) mother (feminine)

    programma (m.) program (masculine)
    mano (f.) hand (feminine)
A few hints:
  • English infinitives are given without the proceeding "to": eg. "have" instead of "to have".
  • "n." means a noun; "m." means a masculine noun; and "f." means a feminine noun. Unless otherwise noted.
Parts of speech:
number a numeral; can be used
as adj., noun, pron.
n. noun
v. verb
vt. transitive verb
vi. intransitive verb
adj. adjective
pron. pronoun
prep. preposition