In Italian, "cheese" is il formaggio. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn Italian, "cheese" is il formaggio. It is a noun. The word is spelled il formaggio and pronounced as written, following Italian pronunciation rules.
Italian nouns are either masculine or feminine. The gender of il formaggio is reflected in its article: il/lo (masculine) or la (feminine).
Use il formaggio as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In Italian, word order and agreement rules determine how il formaggio fits into a sentence.
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