In many languages, nouns have grammatical genders, and "telephone" is often classified as masculine in languages like French ("le téléphone") and Italian ("il telefono"). However, in English, nouns do not have gendered classifications, so "telephone" is considered neutral. The concept of grammatical gender varies by language, so whether "telephone" is seen as masculine depends on the language in question.
un téléphone (masculine noun)
un téléphone (masc.)
Telefono is an Italian equivalent of the English word "telephone." The masculine singular noun in question may be preceded by the masculine singular definite article il("the") or indefinite un, uno ("a, an"). The pronunciation will be "tey-LEH-fo-no" in Italian.
Qual era il tuo primo numero di telefono? is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "What was your first telephone number?"Specifically, the interrogative pronoun qual means "what." The verb era means "(He/she/it) was, (formal singular you) were." The masculine definite article il means "the." The masculine possessive adjective tuo means "(informal singular) your." The masculine adjective primomeans "first." The masculine noun numero means "number." The preposition di means "of." The masculine noun telefono means "telephone."The pronunciation is "KWAH-leh eel TOO-oh PREE-moh NOO-meh-roh dee the-LEH-foh-noh."
Qual è il tuo numero di telefono? is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "What is your telephone number?"Specifically, the interrogative qual means "what." The verb è means "(He/she/it) is, (formal singular you) are." The masculine singular definite article il means "the." The masculine possessive adjectivetuo means "your." The masculine singular noun numero means "number." The preposition di means "of." The masculine noun telefono means "telephone."The pronunciation is "kwah-leh eel TOO-oh NOO-meh-roh dee teh-LEH-foh-noh."
Masculine
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The compound noun 'telephone operator' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female. There are no specific nouns for a male operator or a female operator.
It is masculine.
The word "jardin" is masculine in French.
masculine
Masculine. Normally, nouns that end in O in Spanish are masculine.
Feminine