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You probably know that for every professore there is a professoressa, and for every studente there is a studentessa. But how about other nouns of profession, status, or relation that have a male and a female version?
Most masculine nouns ending in -tore become feminine by changing -tore to -trice (see table below).
GENDERED NOUNS: FROM -TORE TO -TRICE
MASCULINE
FEMININE
ENGLISH
attore
attrice
actor
autore
autrice
author
direttore
direttrice
director
imperatore
imperatrice
emperor/empress
lavoratore
lavoratrice
worker
pittore
pittrice
painter
scrittore
scrittrice
writer
stiratore
stiratrice
presser
traditore
traditrice
traitor
traduttore
traduttrice
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Some masculine nouns become feminine by changing their final vowel to -a (see table below).
GENDERED NOUNS THAT GAIN AN -A IN THE FEMININE
MASCULINE
FEMININE
ENGLISH
cameriere
cameriera
waiter/waitress
cassiere
cassiera
bank teller
figlio
figlia
son/daughter
giardiniere
giardiniera
gardener...