Finally, certain masculine nouns become feminine by replacing their final vowel with -essa (see the following table).
6 T6 d$ U; Z3 F+ [ GENDERED NOUNS THAT GAIN AN -ESSA IN THE FEMININE
+ D7 o9 `5 q# d; j MASCULINE
8 A$ k& |6 N3 W% [0 l6 e FEMININE# r$ Z+ j; Q; E, h/ u! F& O# P
ENGLISH
* r4 d* a$ {8 t) x& x avvocato
4 o. R8 T& H* ~ avvocatessa* g0 r; a* b1 K) l5 q2 p
lawyer* M8 @) o3 R5 H" ]$ o) @
campione0 `7 y7 L1 [6 ~+ H2 C
campionessa
2 E! R Z0 j( P& @1 L3 A champion
- U& U* a' U& U2 F conte
, K* W& U2 ?7 T! Y& x! l/ r7 ` contessa
+ L3 o; n. }! S, H count/countess
S8 e; Z/ z+ q/ [2 u1 ~0 k# { dottore! c& C! ~7 k; a- d& G' D3 u! D
dottoressa" {& a+ g! K; v2 B4 b5 z
doctor
% r2 z% S' C( G5 A \& M' w E oste9 [1 S: N- S: d! g1 E
ostessa8 h8 W; R6 y- Z" X V' B
host/hostess
" c4 K+ t! f" g0 J9 ], s8 g poeta% Q# g+ W4 H% v2 Y
poetessa+ ~, ^- d2 w2 N. i
poet, w4 f& H( q4 O- d
principe
( G2 [3 I) d" J; E7 y0 I) t$ R9 x' @+ a principessa
- p1 Y1 n# w& {" O8 s prince/princess3 U% x# N3 C9 D% l
profeta
. w' r. P2 h: Y3 w; A+ ~ profetessa# u% k4 {5 J9 U) _" \
prophet
0 d1 D2 H6 e/ [2 m sacerdote
1 Q1 x" \+ C7 ^) s: @1 u$ W sacerdotessa
5 m- D( m8 G+ H3 P2 N high priest/priestess
9 P, r$ ^& b6 M! ?) m studente" B( Z( N7 I, N' N$ b7 K9 Z2 m
studentessa
8 @; g2 w: _3 A) w. @+ Q0 k student |
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