-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

Anagrams

• Teta, atte, tate, teta