The table below includes a few nouns to start with:
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
|---|---|
| banco (school desk) | cartella (book bag) |
| libro (book) | lavagna (chalkboard) |
| nonno (grandfather) | nonna (grandmother) |
| ragazzo (boy) | ragazza (girl) |
| specchio (mirror) | scuola (school) |
| zaino (backpack) | materia (subject) |
| zio (uncle) | zia (aunt) |
Most Italian nouns end in a vowel—those that end in a consonant are of foreign origin—and all nouns have a gender, even those that refer to a qualities, ideas, and things. Usually, Italian singular masculine nouns end in -o, while feminine nouns end in -a. There are exceptions, of course (see table below).
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
|---|---|
| giornale (newspaper) | frase (sentence) |
| mare (sea) | nave (ship) |
| nome (name) | notte (night) |
| pane (bread) | classe (class) |
| ponte (bridge) | canzone (song) |
All nouns ending in -amma are masculine, while all nouns ending in -zione are feminine. Almost all nouns ending in -ore, -ere, -ame, -ale, -ile, and a consonant + -one are masculine: il pittore, il cameriere, lo sciame, l'animale, il porcile, il bastone.
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