-etta

See also: etta, Etta, että, ettâ, etta-, and -étta

Interlingua

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeta/

Suffix

-etta

  1. female equivalent of -etto

Usage notes
  • As well as indicating females, -etta is also used with inanimate nouns ending in -a, such as boteca (“shop, store”) → botechetta (“small shop”).
  • This suffix is not to be confused with -ita (“inhabitant, adherent”).

References
  • Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Suffix

-etta

  1. feminine of -etto
    ‎molla (“spring”) + ‎-etta → ‎molletta (“clothes peg”)
    ‎maglia (“shirt”) + ‎-etta → ‎maglietta (“T-shirt”)
    ‎attrice (“actress”) + ‎-etta → ‎attricetta (“starlet”)

Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -etta

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