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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

　　translator

　　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

　　infermiere

　　infermiera

　　nurse

　　marchese

　　marchesa

　　marquis/marchioness

　　padrone

　　padrona