Homonyms of different gender with different meaning
| Masculine | Meaning | Feminine | Meaning | ||
| alma (l') | draughts (game) | alma (la) | soul (poetic) | ||
| asse (un ) | center line, axis | asse (un') | wooden table | ||
| balilla (il) | young fascist | balilla (la) | Italian car of the 1930s | ||
| bamba (il) | infantile person (dial.) | bamba (la) | Latinoamerican dance | ||
| barba (il) | uncle (dial.) | barba (la) | beard | ||
| boa (il) | boa (snake) | boa (la) | buoy | ||
| caccia (il) | fighter () | caccia (la) | hunt, chase | ||
| in calce | =alla fine, in fondo See the example. | calce (la) | lime | ||
| Calipso | goddess | Calipso (il) | Antillian dance | ||
| camerata (il) | fascist party member | camerata (la) | chamber, room | ||
| capitale (il) | capital (wealth) | capitale (la) | capital (city) | ||
| capoccia (il) | commander, boss | capoccia (la) | head (dial.) | ||
| cappa (il) | kappa (Greek letter) | cappa (la) | 1) cap; 2) smoking cane | ||
| carcere (il) | prison sentence | carcere (la) | prison, jail, oubliette | ||
| cenere (il) | ashes (poet.) | cenere (la) | ash, cinder | ||
| commenda (il) | knight | commenda (la) | assignation of a feudal estate | ||
| corrente (il) | wooden instrument | corrente (la) | current, stream | ||
| dramma (il) | drama | dramma (la) | drachma | ||
| fine (il) | scope, goal | fine (la) | end | ||
| fonte (il) | a baptismal vessel | fonte (la) | spring, source, fount | ||
| fronte (il) | front (military) | fronte (la) | forhead | ||
| gala (il) | a festive celebration | gala (la) | frill, luxury | ||
| governante (il) | governor | governante (la) | housekeeper | ||
| grana (il) | cheese of North Italy | grana (la) | grain; noyance (dial.); money (dial.) | ||
| Grappa (il) | mount north of Padua | grappa (la) | a kind of liqueur | ||
| lama (il) | lama (buddhist monk) | lama (la) | 1) blade; 2) llama (animal) | ||
| metro (il) | meter | metro (la) | underground, subway | ||
| mitra (il) | machine gun | mitra (la) | bishop hat; mollusc | ||
| morale (il) | morale | morale (la) | morals | ||
| moto (il) | movement | moto (la) | motocycle | ||
| pianeta (il) | planet | pianeta (la) | priest garment | ||
| presente (il) | the present | presente (la) | a letter under way to be written | ||
| prima (il) | what is before | prima (la) | premiere | ||
| radio (il) | radium | radio (la) | radio | ||
| retroscena (il) | secret machinations | retroscena (la) | backstage | ||
| rosa (il) | rose (color) | rosa (la) | rose (flower) | ||
| soma (il) | soma (Indian drug) | soma (la) | burden of an animal | ||
| tema (il) | theme, topic | tema (la) | fright | ||
| trombetta (il) | trumpeter (military slang) | trombetta (la) | small trumpet for children | ||
| vaglia (il) | dignity, grandeur | vaglia (la) | money order, directive, assignation | ||
| viola (il) | violet (color) | viola (la) | violet; viol |
Example:
in calce alla pagina in the bottom of the page.
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