Finally, certain masculine nouns become feminine by replacing their final vowel with -essa (see the following table).
6 n7 o( j) g0 ?$ K GENDERED NOUNS THAT GAIN AN -ESSA IN THE FEMININE3 u2 X: j3 C& V! s! _0 R2 Z
MASCULINE7 S' m4 j$ F$ x1 B9 {6 s
FEMININE0 e+ n& o0 ^9 ?( Z
ENGLISH, p# n5 e1 Y& L
avvocato9 i+ W/ ^0 T; j) E: U& V
avvocatessa
% J8 n3 b, E% R2 @1 B5 z' G lawyer
9 @& v6 m/ V( f6 w campione7 x5 y7 o2 l& l5 B% F/ G4 u
campionessa
6 G2 d$ V( w1 `5 f) Z) A champion
$ T, ~* o3 q& j+ L2 s3 C' P conte
7 I7 ?+ E& R$ @& i# m7 g! |+ K: e3 a contessa: }2 l4 X+ ^0 V. s* {
count/countess
# T# n+ k. O1 \: y; m) i dottore" M& k6 S" F) A
dottoressa* w, ~: Z" z5 F4 t
doctor' Z( N( ~4 @, R) \# f) K! p
oste2 P1 ~$ z/ B H( h: O( A$ P
ostessa) B# Y; H1 L: l: _+ ] ^
host/hostess
) X) u7 v( e, ] ]/ n+ W1 h a2 x poeta
h" L( n$ ^/ L" j( [8 A/ y8 z poetessa
# m" h* Q2 x4 u n A poet
; l# \9 b8 ?& X) s/ o principe
) `/ G0 }% M3 K; Y principessa4 G8 v$ e# n. }2 @9 c7 x
prince/princess- _4 n P# t% ]$ S' l" G" J
profeta
& ]$ W- X$ i1 V/ m profetessa# U" J& @1 @) b* X
prophet: X3 l2 @. d7 e; }% m ]! q. R& m* r
sacerdote
! A0 B& I3 V+ x! f! x7 S' g6 @ sacerdotessa
5 ]+ T" k4 t6 B: a high priest/priestess
9 ]7 {% B+ |( C8 ~; {4 h studente
3 i9 | u$ W5 [# k; c" i4 [, y studentessa% c/ D5 V- \& }- t
student |
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