Masculine nouns ending in -a
See the List of Masculine Nouns in the First Declension in Latin.
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aforisma (l’) | aphorism | glaucòma (un) | glaucoma | |
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amalgama (l’) | amalgam | idiòma (un) | idiom | |
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aròma (un) | arome | lèmma (un) | article (in a dictionary) | |
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assiòma (un) | axiom | marasma (il) | marasmus | |
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autòma (un) | robot, automaton | miasma (il) | miasma | |
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carcinòma (un) | carcinoma | morfema (il) | morpheme | |
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carisma (un) | charisma | panorama (il) | panorama | |
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cataclisma (il) | cataclysm | paradigma (il) | paradigm | |
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cìnema (un) | cinema | patema (il) | worry, anxiety | |
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clima (un) | climate | pentagramma (un) | pentagram | |
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coma (il) | coma, corpor |
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plasma (il) | plasma |
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comma (il) | paragraph, comma |
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poèma (un) | poem |
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cromosoma (il) | chromosome |
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prisma (un) | prism |
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diadèma (un) | diadem |
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problèma (un) | problem |
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diaframma (il) | diaphragm |
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programma (un) | program |
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dilèmma (un) | dilemma |
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reuma (il) | rheum |
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diplòma (un) | diploma |
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schema (il) | scheme |
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dogma (il) | dogma |
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politeama (il) | |
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dramma (un) | drama |
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scisma (uno) | schism |
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elettrocardiogramma (un) | electrocardiogram |
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sistèma (un) | system |
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ematòma (un) | hematoma |
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sofisma (il) | sophism |
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emblèma (un) | emblem |
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stèmma (uno) | emblem, coat of arms |
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encefalogramma (un) | encephalogram |
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stigma (il) | stigma |
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enfisema (l’) | emphysema |
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stratagèmma (uno) | stratagem |
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enigma (un) | enigma |
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telegramma (un) | telegram |
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enzima (un) | enzym |
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tèma (un) | theme, topic |
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fantasma (un) | phantasm |
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teorèma (un) | theorem |
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fibròma (un) | fibroma |
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tràuma (un) | trauma |
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fonèma (un) | phoneme |
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| ascèta (un) | ascetic | poèta (un) | poet | |||
| pilòta (un) | pilot | profèta (un) | prophet | |||
| pirata (un) | pirate | |||||
The words in -arca |
The words in -cida |
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| gerarca (un) | chieftain, leader | acaricida (un) | acaricide | |||
| monarca (un) | monarch | germicida (il) | germicide | |||
| patriarca (un) | patriarch | spermicida (uno) | spermicide | |||
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abracadabra (un) | unintelligible language |
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Grappa (il) | mount north of Padua |
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aldilà (l') | the beyond, the other world |
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guardaroba (il) | wardrobe |
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alma (un) | draughts (game) |
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lama (un) | lama (buddhist monk) |
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arciduca (un) | archduke |
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madera (il) | madeira (a kind of wine) |
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bagnasciuga (il) | waterline |
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mana (un) | magic force (polynesian cult) |
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bagnomaria (il) | vapor bath |
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maragià (un) | maharaja |
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bamba (un) | infantile person (dial.) |
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marsala (il) | a kind of wine |
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barba (un) | uncle (dial.) |
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messìa (un) | messiah |
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barbanéra (un) | man of black beard |
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pànama (un) | straw hand-plaited hat |
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battistrada (il) | outrider |
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papà (un) | father |
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barbera (il) | a kind of wine |
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pàpa (un) | pope |
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bòa (un) | boa (snake) |
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parabrezza (un) | windscreen, windshield |
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bòia (un) | executioner |
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parapiglia (il) | turmoil, bustle |
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càccia (un) | fighter (aircraft) |
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parapioggia (il) | umbrella |
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camerata (un) | comrade, buddy |
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parassita (il) | parasite, hanger-on, freeloader |
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capolinea (il) | terminus, terminal |
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pascià (un) | pasha |
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cappa (un) | kappa (Greek letter) |
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passamontagna (un) | woolen hood |
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carovita (il) | cost of living |
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peana (un) | hymn addressed to Apollo |
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cavalcavia (il) | overpass |
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pianéta (un) | planet |
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colera (il) | cholera |
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pigia pigia (il) | great turmoil, commotion |
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còbra (un) | cobra (snake) |
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pigiama (un) | pajamas |
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commènda (un) | knighthood (title) |
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podestà (un) | a chief magistrate (hist.) |
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crocevia (il) | crosss-road |
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portafortuna (il) | amulet |
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cruciverba (il) | crosswords |
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proclama (il) | manifesto |
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dada (un) | dadaist |
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promemoria (il) | memorandum |
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dèlta (un) | delta |
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retrobottega (il) | back-shop |
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doposcuola (il) | study hall |
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retroterra (il) | hinterland |
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dormiveglia (il) | slumber |
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scioglilingua (lo) | tongue twister |
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duca (un) | duke |
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sofà (il) | sofa |
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entroterra (il) | hinterland |
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sòma (un) | soma |
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faccia a faccia (il) | face-to-face |
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sòsia (un) | double, twin |
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gagà (un) | luxury lover |
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toccasana (il) | panacea, cure-all |
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geòmetra (un) | a specialist in geometry |
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trombétta (un) | trumpeter (military slang) |
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gesuìta (un) | Jesuit |
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vàglia (un) | dignity, grandeur |
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gorgonzola (il) | a kind of cheese |
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valpolicella (il) | a kind of wine |
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gorilla (un) | gorilla |
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voltafaccia (il) | turnabout |
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grana (un) | cheese of North Italy |
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The words marked by asterisk (*) change their meanings if used in feminine. See Homonyms of different gender with different meaning.
The names of the following countries are also masculine:
Lists of Nouns with particularities
General Description of the Italian noun
Descriptive Italian Grammar
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