B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
funicolare
funicular railway (cable-pulled rail up a slope)
Looks like
funicular
funicular — correct cognate
⚠️ The trap
A good cognate, but Italian 'funicolare' is often confused with 'funivia' (cable car). A funicolare runs on rails on a slope (Capri, Naples); a funivia is suspended in the air (ski resorts, Alps).
To say "funicular — correct cognate" in Italian:
funicolare
"funicolare" in English means:
funicular railway (cable-pulled rail up a slope)
Example
"La funicolare di Napoli sale fino a Vomero."
"The Naples funicular goes up to Vomero."
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