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Most nouns ending in -a are feminine; however, there are some masculine nouns that end in -a, for example, words of Greek origin ending
with the suffixes -ma, -gramma and -arca. Below is a partial list of such nouns, which we will
update periodically.
This list does not include nouns ending in -ista e -cida, which are masculine when they refer to a man and feminine when they refer to a woman.
| Masculine Nouns Ending in -A | Note |
| abracadabra (un) | invariable |
| acaricida (un) | |
| aforisma (un ) | |
| aldilà (un ) | invariable |
| alma (un) | |
| amalgama (un ) | |
| Andrea | Man name |
| apripista (un ) | invariable |
| arciduca (un) | |
| aròma (un) | |
| ascèta (un) | |
| assiòma (un) | |
| autòma (un) | |
| babà (un) | invariable |
| baccalà (un ) | invariable |
| bagnasciuga (un ) | invariable |
| bagnomaria (un ) | invariable |
| bamba (un) | invariable |
| barba (un) | |
| barbanéra (un) | invariable |
| Barnaba | Man name |
| battistrada (un ) | invariable |
| barbera (un ) | Italian wine |
| bòa (un) | invariable |
| bòia (un) | invariable |
| càccia (un) | invariable |
| camerata (un) | |
| Canada (il) | |
| capolinea (un ) | invariable |
| cappa (un) | invariable |
| carcinòma (un) | |
| carisma (un) | |
| carovita (un ) | invariable |
| cataclisma (un ) | |
| cavalcavia (un ) | invariable |
| cìnema (un) | Short form of "cinematografo" |
| clima (un) | |
| còbra (un) | invariable |
| colera (un ) | invariable |
| coma (un ) | invariable |
| comma (un ) | |
| commènda (un) | invariable |
| crocevia (un ) | invariable |
| cromosoma (un ) | |
| cruciverba (un ) | invariable |
| dada (un) | Follower of dadaisme |
| dèlta (un) | invariable |
| diadèma (un) | |
| diaframma (un ) | |
| dilèmma (un) | |
| diplòma (un) | |
| dogma (un ) | |
| doposcuola (un ) | invariable |
| dormiveglia (un ) | invariable |
| dramma (un) | |
| duca (un) | |
| elettrocardiogramma (un) | |
| ematòma (un) | |
| emblèma (un) | |
| encefalogramma (un) | |
| Enea | Man name |
| enfisema (un ) | |
| enigma (un) | |
| entroterra (un ) | invariable |
| enzima (un) | |
| faccia a faccia (un ) | invariable |
| fantasma (un) | |
| fibròma (un) | |
| fonèma (un) | |
| gagà (un) | invariable dandy |
| geòmetra (un) | |
| gerarca (un) | |
| germicida (un ) | |
| gesuìta (un) | |
| glaucòma (un) | |
| gliòma (un) | |
| gorgonzola (un ) | invariable Italian cheese |
| gorilla (un) | invariable |
| grana (un) | |
| Grappa (il) | |
| guardaroba (un ) | |
| Guatemala (il) | |
| idiòma (un) | |
| Isaia | Man name |
| lama (un) | invariable |
| lèmma (un) | Term explained in a dictionary |
| madera (un ) | invariable Wine |
| mana (un) | invariable |
| maragià (un) | form indi "maharaja" |
| marasma (un ) | |
| marsala (un ) | invariable |
| messìa (un) | invariable |
| miasma (un ) | |
| monarca (un) | |
| morfema (un ) | |
| Nicaragua (il ) | |
| Panama (il) | |
| pànama (un) | invariable straw hat |
| panorama (un ) | |
| papà (un) | invariable |
| pàpa (un) | |
| parabrezza (un) | invariable |
| paracqua (un ) | invariable |
| paradigma (un ) | |
| parapiglia (un ) | invariable |
| parapioggia (un ) | invariable |
| parassita (un ) | |
| pascià (un) | invariable from "pashà" |
| passamontagna (un) | invariable |
| patema (un ) | |
| patriarca (un) | |
| peana (un) | invariable Victory song (origin a song for Apollo) |
| pentagramma (un) | |
| pianéta (un) | |
| pigia pigia (un ) | invariable |
| pigiama (un) | |
| pilòta (un) | |
| pirata (un) | |
| plasma (un ) | invariable |
| podestà (un) | invariable |
| poèma (un) | |
| poèta (un) | |
| politeama (un ) | invariable |
| portacipria (un ) | invariable |
| portafortuna (un ) | invariable |
| prisma (un) | |
| problèma (un) | |
| proclama (un ) | |
| profèta (un) | |
| programma (un) | |
| promemoria (un ) | invariable |
| retrobottega (un ) | invariable |
| retroterra (un ) | invariable |
| reuma (un ) | |
| schema (un ) | |
| scioglilingua (uno) | invariable |
| scisma (uno) | |
| sistèma (un) | |
| sofà (un ) | invariable |
| sofisma (un ) | |
| sòma (un) | |
| sòsia (un) | invariable |
| spermicida (uno) | |
| stèmma (uno) | |
| stigma (uno) | |
| stratagèmma (uno) | |
| telegramma (un) | |
| tèma (un) | |
| teorèma (un) | |
| toccasana (un ) | invariable |
| tràuma (un) | |
| trombétta (un) | |
| vàglia (un) | invariable |
| valpolicella (un ) | invariable Italian wine |
| Venezuela (il) | |
| voltafaccia (un ) | invariable |
| voltagabbana (un ) | invariable |
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